Sorting Out a Sense of Place: School and School Board Relationships in the Midst of School-Based Decision Making

School districts across the United States are turning to school-based decision making to help reconnect schools with communities (Mertz & Furman, 1997). The belief exists that school-based decision making compels schools to be more responsive to the communities in which they reside. Researchers interested in building community in schools have indicated that particular versions of school-based decision making may lead to the development of community through involvement in school governance (Blackledge, 1995; Bryk, Easton, Kerbow, Rollow, & Sebring, 1993; Driscoll & Kerchner, 1999; Hess, 1995; Mertz & Furman, 1997). Research conducted on school-based decision making has illustrated three types of decision-making processes. In two of these models, decision

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