Document Type
Section VI Article
Abstract
Iowa has experienced a dramatic decline in students in public schools over the last 20 years. Rural Iowa in the 80's has suffered a severe economic crisis. These facts have created a situation that only those of us who live in rural Iowa can completely comprehend. We now have to deal with declining enrollment accompanied by rising fixed costs. Another factor that we have not had to confront in the past has to do with the higher poverty level in rural Iowa. That combined with more one parent homes has given us an increased number of at-risk students-something that has been very rare in rural areas in the past.
Because of the so called "greying" of Iowa, we are now facing a situation where often 25% or less of the people in our communities have students enrolled in public schools. In some areas this has caused problems in passing bond issues, enrichment taxes and often times coming to terms with sharing agreements and reorganizations.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
106
Last Page
107
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1990 North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Jones, Claudia
(1990)
"Section VI: Redesigning Iowa Rural Schools: Sharing, Restructuring or Consolidating [Jones],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 39.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/39
