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School Board Journal
May-June 1997

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IASB Publications
2921 Baker Drive
Springfield 62703
217/528-9688, extension 1131

• Illinois schools are falling down: The crumbling infrastructure in our schools/StateSide/JOSEPH A. SPAGNOLO

• Thirteen rules for staying on the ballot/JOHN B. MURPHEY -- An attorney offers advice for making sure your nominating materials will stand up to a challenge.

• Special value given to education: one district's efforts/ROBERT J. MADONIA -- Komarek School District 94 has developed a program for teaching children the basic values supported by the community.

• Are you ready for a referendum?/DEBI S. EDMUND -- Experts tell you what you need to know before you place your referendum on the ballot.

• How we've made our classrooms teacher proof/DONALD SEVENER -- The author analyzes two books and a national report that provide insights into school improvement.

• How one district balanced the values and beliefs of an entire community/ROBERT A. KLEMPEN -- A challenge to a required book could have divided a California community -- but fortunately, the school district used a process that produced an outcome that could be accepted by all.

• Issues in education/A roundup of issues of concern to public school leaders -- Brief discussions of the three T's, class size, sex education, America's Promise, and more.

• Thinking win/win/JOHN CASSEL, JOHN ALLEN, ANGELA PEIFER -- The fourth in a series of articles based on Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.