This proceedings contains 25 presentations and summaries of presentations from the 22nd annual Rural and Small Schools Conference held at Kansas State University. Entries of three or more pages are: "Technical Education for Rural Kansas" (Ralph Beacham); "Galactic Explosion at Cool School" (summer science program) (Sue Hagedorn); and "School Leadership for the New Millennium: Rural/Small School Leadership" (Don Kussmaul). Other presentations pertain to curriculum development, a behavioral disabilities program, standards-based mathematics, program evaluation, technology mentors, nontraditional education, character education, technology-based educational strategies, after-school programs, multiple intelligences, all-day kindergarten, violence prevention programs, public engagement, grant writing, school reorganization planning, and student evaluation. (SV)