Date of Award

5-1957

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

John P. Treacy

Second Advisor

Leo J. Lins

Abstract

The problem of school district reorganization is one that has confronted educators and interested laymen for many decades. The development of good roads, the use of motor transportation, and the increasing concentration of rural life around urban centers have made the small district system obsolete. It is only in recent years that much progress has been made toward reorganizing school districts into efficient administrative units. The need for reorganization comes chiefly from demands for improvement in the instructional program, for equalization of tax burdens, for reducing per-pupil cost of instruction, and for greater efficiency in school administration. Reorganization has run into many obstacles. Alford1 studied the opposition to the establishment of the Mexico Central School District in Oswego County, New York, l and found the following reasons for opposition:

  1. Possibility of increased taxes.
  2. Equilization fund.
  3. Transportation of children.
  4. Fear of central1zed government.
  5. Community interests.
  6. Belief in superiority of one-room schools.
  7. Jealousy.
  8. Lack of planning.

Comments

A Research Paper Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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