School Bond Success

A Strategy for Building America's Schools

Carleton R. Holt

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Year: 2009
• Edition: 3
• eBook ISBN:
  9781607091684
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Administration

Many school buildings across America are falling apart due to age or lack of maintenance. Others are outmoded and do not meet the needs of modern educational programs and curricula. Unfortunately, school administrators and boards of education have found it increasingly difficult to obtain the funding necessary to correct facility problems in their districts. However help is at hand in the third edition of a popular title originally published in 1999. Holt updates the status of school facilities in the U.S. and provides new information on the relationship between school climate and student achievement. New to this edition is a discussion of the importance of technology in school bond issues and construction. The nuts and bolts of securing the funding for facility construction, a component of the building process usually overlooked in training administrators, are clearly outlined in chapters that begin with a look at the problem of aging schools and follow through the planning and project development phases to the bond campaign and election day. Filled with tips, checklists, and insights on the details from experienced school leaders, this is the perfect guide to consult every step on the way to victory.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 01. America's Aging Schools
• Chapter 02. The Preplanning Phase
• Chapter 03. The Project Development Phase: Selecting Consultants
• Chapter 04. The Project Development Phase: Bringing It All Together
• Chapter 05. Beginning the Campaign: Developing a Marketing Philosophy
• Chapter 06. Campaign Activities
• Chapter 07. Bond Election Day
• Chapter 08. Developing Special Skills
• Chapter 09. Case Studies
• Chapter 10. Case Study #1: School Bond Success: An Exploratory Case Study
• Chapter 11. Case Study #2: A Case Study: Bond Issue Analysis of a Midwest School District As Compared to Suggestions made in School Bond Success
• Chapter 12. Case Study #3: Case Study of Riverside School District
• Appendix A: Checklist: Effective School Finance Campaigns
• Appendix B: Planning in Debt Issuance
• Appendix C: Glossary of Terms: Municipal Bonds
• Appendix D: Survey Form
• Appendix E: Climate Survey of Top- and Bottom-Scoring High Schools in One State
• Index
• About the Author