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Keywords
Gertrude Burns Elementary School (Newcastle, Wyo); Community and school; Schools--Centralization;
Abstract
Background of the pr problem. Newcastle, Wyoming, county seat of Weston County, is located on the eastern border of the state. It is the only town in School District Number One. The school district encompasses an area of approximately three thousand square miles. In 1954 it included eleven rural elementary schools, two city elementary schools, a junior high school, and a senior high school. Newcastle has grown from a population of approximately two thousand in,1945 to five thousand in 1954. 1 During that same period the population for the district increased from nine hundred to fourteen hundred pupils. 2 This relatively large increase has placed a great strain on the schools. Difficulties in school administration and management have originated from this rapid growth of the community. The Gertrude Burns Elementary School, one of the two elementary schools in Newcastle and the school used in this study, was completed and first occupied in the fall of 1951. At that time 250 children were enrolled. In May 1954, the same building was housing 480 children.
Year of Submission
1956
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Education
First Advisor
William H. Dreier
Second Advisor
Guy Wagner
Third Advisor
Fred Lott
Date Original
1956
Object Description
1 PDF file (83 leaves)
Copyright
©1956 Gerald J. Addington
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Addington, Gerald J., "The Use of Lay People as a School Study Group Preceding a Permanent School-Community Organization" (1956). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1905.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1905
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