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Carnes, Mark C. – Education Week, 1996
Describes how community members from Newburgh, New York, successfully battled against a school board proposal that called for expanding the town's high school to an enrollment of over 3,000 students. Rejects the notion that "bigger is better" and criticizes state funding formulas that create large schools by offering higher reimbursement…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Action, Community Influence, Consolidated Schools