The needs assessment model developed in the Lansing School District has the advantages of encouraging decentralized educational decision-making at the building level including program budgeting and personnel assignments, of providing a system for community input, and of providing a commonality of student goals and objectives between all buildings. Development of the model involved teachers, parents, and students from two elementary schools and one secondary school. Goal prioritization, needs prioritization, and a system for addressing identified needs during a school year by building and by classroom are a part of this model. (Author)