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_ D R A F T <br /> STUDY ,AREAS' I <br /> . I <br /> I. COMMUNITY GROWTH <br /> A. Neighborhoods, student housing patterns and school locations <br /> B. Distances children have to travel to attend school <br /> C. County' growth patterns (residential, industrial, commercial and <br /> as projected after 1--40 completion) and the projection of student <br /> population change by geographical area. <br /> D. Findings <br /> 1. Alternative attendance zones given projected development:_ <br /> patterns <br /> 2. Travel times, distances and busing impacts <br /> E. Recommendations j <br /> • I <br /> IX. CURRICULUM/PROGRAM AS RELATES TO THE GOAL OF IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL <br /> OPPORTUNITIES COUNTYWIDE i <br /> A. Differences in grade patterns <br /> B. -Differences in course offerings and how they might be made consistent <br /> C. Differences in the offering of cocurricular activities (cultural arts, <br /> clubs, athletics, etc.) <br /> i <br /> D. Exceptional Children's Program in the two systems j. <br /> I <br /> E. Findings <br /> 1. Opportunities for program sharing where demand is too small for <br /> either system alone (e.g. science lab., vocational ed., physics, <br /> • .I <br /> Latin, etc.) <br /> 2. Potential savings due to sharing' of programs <br /> 3. Implication for equalizing instructional programs and special <br /> population programs <br /> 4. Costs <br /> F. Recommendations <br /> III. ORGANIZATION/STA'F'FING <br /> A. Organization <br /> j <br /> 1. Analysis of organizational structures in terms of their relative <br /> merit for dealing with growth, educational equalization goals, , <br /> and making the operation of the system more economical <br /> 2. Alternative organizational structures to be the focus of study: <br /> a) the existing two-district system j <br /> b) the existing systems with some modification (geograplxj,c <br /> boundaries and cooperative agreements?) <br /> c) a Countywide, single district system <br /> 3. Central office organizational structure <br /> . I <br />