This speech describes community education, outlines its benefits, and gives a history of its implementation in Utah. According to the author, the community-centered school provides academic and skill development for children, youth, and adults; furnishes supervised recreational and avocational instruction; supplies remedial and supplemental educational needs; furnishes a meeting place for social and civic groups; provides a forum for the discussion of social and other community problems; and provides facilities for the dissemination of medical and social services. (Author/JF)