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Ringers, Joseph, Jr.; Decker, Larry E. – Principal, 1996
In the 1960s and 1970s, some communities developed community schools--facilities to accommodate multitudinous human services for people of all ages and interests. Some schools are reinventing themselves as community centers, developing educational and recreational programs for youths and adults; medical/mental health, social-service and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Centers, Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Loda, Frank A. – Principal, 1995
Adolescents share the basic needs for food, shelter, physical safety, access to health care, and transportation to essential services. Although mindful of survival issues, educators and community agencies must cooperate to design and implement programs to meet early adolescents' developmental needs for positive social interaction, structure and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Developmental Programs, Early Adolescents
Usdan, Michael D. – Principal, 1994
If the growing proportion of special-needs students is to receive the benefits of expanded and integrated social support systems, educational leaders must coordinate school activities with other community services. The situation calls for a radical reconfiguration of public service financing, with rewards for those who effectively coordinate…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Cooperation, Elementary Education
Marx, Eva – Principal, 1999
A coordinated school health program has numerous mutually reinforcing components: a healthy environment; comprehensive health education; physical education; health services; counseling, psychological, and social services; nutrition services; staff health promotion; and family and community involvement. Program implementation steps are outlined. A…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Counseling, Elementary Education
Blair, Frank E. – Principal, 1999
In the five years since most states passed zero-tolerance legislation, results have been moderately successful. Such policies can work under four conditions: clear consequences for misbehavior, collaborative development by all stakeholding agencies, knowledge of other states' experience, and integration of sequential and comprehensive…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Integrated Services
Taylor, C. L. – Principal, 1996
School districts are finding that demand for community use of school buildings and grounds is increasing. A 1995 series of focus groups explored implications for community access, including effects on facilities, scheduling, and educational programs. The most prevalent activities involved sports and recreation, day care, meetings, adult education,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Schools, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
