A Bombshell If not Handled Appropriately
Abstract
afterthoughts: the editor commentsA Bombshell If not Handled Appropriately SAGE Publications, Inc.1975DOI: 10.1177/019263657505939023 Part of every principal's experience is establishing boundary lines that determine school attendance areas. The task is as common as shining shoes, yet it is the single most disturbing thing an administrator can do to ruffle a community's tranquility. Any administrator who, deceived by the task's simplicity, feels that adjusting boundaries can be taken lightly and executed with minimum attention is in for the shock of his life. Establishing school boundary lines is not a one-time task either. As populations fluctuate, as zoning commissioners respond to needs, and as neighborhoods change, the need to revise and modify attendance boundaries arises. Textbooks Inadequate Textbooks in educational administration tell students and prospective school leaders what data are needed before school boundaries are established. They also present considerable detail about how to compute the data and where to get the basic information. Few, however, describe to readers what happens after you have reviewed the need for boundary revisions and have actually developed new boundary lines. They fail to relate that no matter what care and foresight and ingenuity you put into your plan, a bombshell of human reaction