This paper examines the areas of local jurisdictional cooperation required for successful new school planning that is beneficial to community development. The paper reviews some of the responsibilities that local municipal governments and school districts have in developing the community. This includes an explanation of the areas of mandated responsibility for each jurisdiction and the relationship between the two major players on the local level of government. The difficulties in collaborative planning are addressed, including technical difficulties such as budget cycle differences, fiscal dependency, different planning models, and lack of coordination and planning impetus; and social and political difficulties. Also discussed are planning issues involving a new school's impact on land use within the community. Several examples of successful new school planning collaborations are described, followed by descriptions of three collaboration models, two covering collaborative planning in rapidly growing areas and one for densely settled areas. (Contains 18 references.) (GR)