The Collision of Athletics & Consolidation

Autor/in	Graves, Bill
Titel	The Collision of Athletics & Consolidation
Quelle	In: School Administrator, 67 (2010) 5, S.24-29 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6439
Schlagwörter	Consolidated Schools; High Schools; School Districts; School District Size; Rural Schools; Extramural Athletics; Resistance to Change; Identification; State Legislation; Declining Enrollment; Institutional Cooperation; Arkansas; Maine; Michigan; Minnesota; Montana; Oregon; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; High school; Oberschule; School district; Schulbezirk; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Außerunterrichtlicher Schulsport; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Landesrecht; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation
Abstract	For decades, people questioned the sense of having two school districts, each with its own superintendent, central office and high school, operating in the same small town of The Dalles on the banks of the Columbia River in north-central Oregon. But election campaigns to consolidate repeatedly failed because each community had strong emotional ties to its high school and varsity athletic teams. To lose a school and its colors and mascot would be to surrender one's identity. Communities often resist consolidation to protect their sports teams. But in some places school districts have lost so many students they can no longer field a starting lineup and face little choice except to merge operations to sustain reasonable quality athletics and academics for their students. In this article, the author discusses how interscholastic sports play a pivotal role helping or hindering decisions about school district mergers. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of School Administrators. 801 North Quincy Street Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203-1730. Tel: 703-528-0700; Fax: 703-841-1543; e-mail: info@aasa.org; Web site: http://www.aasa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10