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Download full textAbramowitz, Susan – 1980
Enrollment decline raises questions about decision-making in school systems and about the kinds of solutions to problems that arise. According to this paper, one of two related documents, policymakers, educators, and community members need to be aware of the hidden costs and concerns resulting from different solutions. It addresses questions of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Declining Enrollment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Zenke, Larry L.; McCloud, Paul I. – 1978
Recognizing that a solid base of community support was essential if the district was to effectively confront the influences of declining enrollment, the Tulsa public schools organized a group of unbiased but interested community members to study and make recommendations regarding the problem, particularly the utilization of school facilities. A…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedThomas, Donald – NASSP Bulletin, 1977
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Reduction in Force
Little Lake City Elementary School District, Santa Fe Springs, CA. – 1984
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: The Little Lake City School District was considering the closing of schools because of declining enrollment. A study indicated Lakeland School would be one of those recommended for closure, one of the resasons being the cost to bring the school "up to standard" by needed painting. A parent…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Education
Hess, Fritz; And Others – 1979
In response to declining enrollment, the school board and administration of the East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District (New York) undertook a comprehensive effort to examine conditions and plan for the future. Following an initial data-gathering phase, a citizens task force was appointed in 1977 to study the problem and make recommendations.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Community Support
National School Public Relations Association, Arlington, VA. – 1976
Declines in student population are a fact of life in most of the nation's school districts. With the declines come unprecedented challenges and opportunities; sensitive community relations problems involved with school closings; costs that continue to rise despite the decline in student numbers; the need for staff reductions; the need for…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Board of Education Policy, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Hess, Fritz; And Others – 1979
American schools, after two decades of expansion, are now in the midst of an enrollment decline and inflation. The impact of the shift from growth to retrenchment and streamlining has been severe. An effective approach to this situation requires an understanding of the new conditions and of available alternatives for action. An overview of the…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Collective Bargaining, Cost Effectiveness, Declining Enrollment
