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Schools as Centers of Community, Steven Bingler Principal Author
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A Citizen's Guide to Planning and Design
Steven Bingler is principal author of this U.S. Department of Education publication that offers design principles and guidelines for creating schools as centers of their community. The Henry Ford Learning Institute, a project of Concordia, is included as a model. You can download the pdf version of the publication here http://www.concordia.com/home/downloads/
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I'm sorry I could not pull up the publication for some reason. I live in Oak Hill, Fl. A small city on the east coast. Our School Board is planning to close our elementary school. It is my belief that our school is the hub of this city. So much is going to be lost. Even our city will suffer economically and could eventually be forced to dissolve and be returned to county management. We are doing every thing we can to stop this action that we believe to be the result of plans for a
k-8 school in a neighboring town. Therefore busing our 231 students away from home. I was looking for research that we could use to help our efforts. Any information or contacts would greatly be appreciated.
Thank You Jody Wheeler
Jody wheeler on March 16th, 2008