ENDNOTES
Chapter 1
- George E.Burns and J.P. Miller Sociological
Perspectives on School Closure Practices and Modes of Penetration into
Community Structure, (Toronto: OISE Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education 3873. Also, Sher, Jonathan P., "The Battle for the
Soul of Rural School Reform: Can the Annenberg Rural Challenge Turn
the Tide?" in Phi Delta Kappan, October
1995.
- Rural Education Centre, Looking the Dragon in
the Eye: School Consolidation Pros & Cons, (June 1994) Western
Montana College of the University of Montana, Dillon. For example, Bob
Anderson, Executive Director of the Montana School Boards Association
states, "Students do better when their parents are involved with
them and their education. ... when they are empowered to help create
a better school system," p. 5.
- William H. Drier and Goudy Wills, "Is I There Life in Town after
the Death of the High School? : or High Schools and the Population of
Midwest Towns" paper presented at the Annual Rural and Small Schools
Conference (Manhattan, KS, October 24, 1994). They conclude that a community
without a high school loses population faster when compared to all towns
losing population during the same period.
- Jim Fanning (August, 1995) "Rural School Consolidation and Student
Learning" ERIC Digest No. EDO-RC-95-4.
Fanning, citing a study by E Young (4/94), states, "There is growing
evidence that school consolidation offers little or no financial advantage
in controlling costs."
- Deirdre Purdy. "Rural Schools and Modern Visions" in Across
the Ridge, Spring 1994. Purdy points out the alienation that
is caused by the elimination of small schools. According to George E.
Bums and J. P. Miller, "Socialogical Perspective on Small School
Closure Practices and Modes of Penetration into Community Structure,"
(Toronto: OISE Ontario Institue for Studies in Education 3873), "the
political character of conflict arising from the school closure process
has resulted in decisions that are not always educationally sound."
Jonathan P. Sher in "The Battle For The Soul of Rural School Reform,"
in Phi Delta Kappan, October 1995, asks,
"What is the point of pushing an industrial model of schooling
on pre-industrial communities that must prepare students for a post-industrial
world?"
- Nova Scotia Department of Education document, School Construction
Fact Sheet, available on website: www.EDnet.ns.ca/educ/construction/factsheet
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