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Deasy, John E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The superintendent of Coventry (Rhode Island) Schools explains how he converted annual town meetings from uncivil, interminable budget-slashing sessions to expressions of community support for student-centered reforms and a construction/renovation bond issue. The board grasped assessment difficulties by taking state-mandated tests for…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bond Issues, Budgets, Community Relations
Calkins, Kenneth L. – American School Board Journal, 1986
A survey of absentee voting in the Highline (Washington) School District revealed that mailed-in ballots have no better than--and often less than--a 50-50 chance of favoring school finance issues. School officials should reconsider encouraging the growth of voting by mail. (IW)
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Community Relations, Community Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education
