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i <br /> DRAFT <br /> i <br /> STUDY AREAS' <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 aftcr I-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 /> II. CURRICULUM/PROGRAM AS RELATES TO THE GOAL OF IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL <br /> OPPORTUNITIES COUNTYWIDE. <br /> i <br /> A. Differences in grade patterns <br /> i <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 /> D. Exceptional Children's Program in the two systems <br /> E. Findings <br /> 1. Opportunities for program sharing where demand is too small fox <br /> either system alone (e.g. science lab., vocational ed., physics, <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/STAFFING <br /> i <br /> A. Organization j <br /> i <br /> 1. Analysis of organizational structures in term's 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 <br /> b) the existing systems with some modification (geographic <br /> boundaries and cooperative agreements?) <br /> c) a. Countywide, single district system <br /> 3. Central office organizational structure <br />