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Name: Overcoming Negative Sentiment in Public School Bond Elections: An Analysis of Three Case Studies
ID: m13636
Language: English (en-us)
Summary: School districts find that success in bond elections is important to continued growth and development of schools. However, many districts find difficulty in developing the stakeholder support required to obtain a passing margin on bond referenda. In addition, research suggests that districts with prior bond election failures are more likely to incur future defeat in attempting bond passage. The purpose of this article is to analyze qualitatively three school districts that achieved bond election success after a prior failure. The results suggest that obtaining the support of teachers, listening and communicating to all stakeholders, and consistently building a foundation of trust to help in overcoming the negative sentiment. These results provide educational administration programs data regarding the importance of relationships in overcoming negative sentiment in bond elections.
Subject: Social Sciences
Keywords: bond election, case studies, school district, school politics
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Wesley Hickey (whickey@uttyler.edu)
Copyright Holders: Wesley Hickey (whickey@uttyler.edu)
Maintainers: National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (tcreigh@vt.edu)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: May 16, 2006 4:55 pm GMT-5
Revised: May 22, 2006 11:49 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.2 May 22, 2006 11:49 am GMT-5 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Changes: 
edited abstract
Version: 1.1 May 22, 2006 11:29 am GMT-5 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
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