Looks at some considerations, tools, and alternatives that administrators in districts with declining enrollments can use in making decisions regarding cutting budgets and programs, meeting community demands, and dealing with personnel problems. (IRT)

Declining enrollment almost inevitably means reduction in force--specifically, in the number of teachers. The author of this paper maintains that this process need not be as traumatic as some think. He suggests basing teaching personnel needs on midyear enrollment projections, rather than on first-of-the-year projections, since the number of…

Due to economic factors, many institutions of higher education may be forced to reduce faculty positions. The procedures used by Emporia State University (Kansas) can be used as a model for colleges needing to pursue various methods of retrenchment. (JN)

This paper describes the reduction in force (RIF) that took place in the Bridgeton Public Schools, New Jersey, as a result of its exclusion from the formation of a new regional school district. During the school year 1976-77, enrollment declined by 1,600 pupils, tuition diminished by $2,000,000, and staff had to be reduced by 89 employees. The RIF…

Since 1969, Eugene Public Schools District 4J, Oregon, has experienced enrollment decline. More specifically, partly because of population migration patterns, the district is suffering from two interrelated problems: (1) overall loss of students and (2) under-capacity schools in some neighborhoods and over-capacity schools in others. Enrollment…

Explores some possibilities to help maintain staff strengths and the integrity of existing programs. Also proposes a number of criteria that may be combined into a Staff Reduction Index, which could be useful in developing more rational staffing policies. (Author/IRT)

Presents results of a New Mexico school survey that found the quality of education improved in schools as enrollment declined. (MD)

Reports findings from a nationwide survey of 95 school districts conducted to find out how they were coping with the effects of declining enrollments on instructional and supervisory programs. (Author)

The first part of this paper deals with teacher suspension and dismissal as tools for correcting teacher behavior. Three cases involving teacher discipline are examined, one leading to resignation, a second to improved teacher behavior, and a third to a tenure hearing and dismissal. Part 2 of this paper examines the need to reduce staff when…

Enrollment decline is expected to continue until at least 1983-84. With that fact as a reality, administrators should marshal available creative talent and search out solutions. A table shows the percent of enrollment changes Fall 1971 to Fall 1976 in the 50 largest school systems. (Author/MLF)

As enrollments continue to decline, principals face new staffing problems, especially problems connected with reduction in force. One forecasting method useful for determining if enrollment will decline is the Keough Indicator Survey Scale, which contains questions about key community characterisitics. Administrators experiencing declining…

Principals, assistant principals, and headmasters tell how their schools are coping with declining enrollments. (IRT)

This paper reviews the legal aspects of declining enrollments in school districts and the resultant problems of reducing the teaching staff. It suggests that school administrators and boards of education become familiar with their state tenure statutes or have access to competent legal counsel who specializes in that area of law, make decisions to…

The last public White Paper acknowledged that teacher numbers can no longer be tied strictly to pupil-teacher ratios as school rolls decline, if the different needs of pupils are to be met, and a sufficient range of specialist teachers employed to maintain a full curriculum. (Author)