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Peer reviewedGreen, Alan C.; Bussard, Ellen – CEFP Journal, 1978
Many communities have more school space than they need, while demands for community-based services are growing. Reuse of surplus schools as community school centers is an option worth exploring. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Building Conversion, Community Centers, Community Education
Liebenstein, Ann M. – Rural Research Report, 1998
The possibility of converting a vacated school building into a useful resource presents a community with an interesting situation. During a 5-year period ending in 1997, over 100 rural Illinois communities encountered this situation. This report explores what happens to vacant school buildings and offers case studies of various re-uses, new…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Case Studies, Community Development, Community Involvement
PDF pending restorationEducational Facilities Labs., Inc., New York, NY. – 1979
This booklet is the fifth in a series that examines community school centers. Because of the decline in school enrollments, many school districts must now cope with staff reductions, fiscal constraints, and an excess of unused space in school buildings. Although the school population is declining, the overall population in most communities is not.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Cooperation, Board of Education Policy, Building Conversion
