CB> I have found that site-based management varies from 
 CB> area to area---some schools are completely site-based, 
 CB> others are just named that.
 CB>  
 CB> My own school is more site based than you describe, but 
 CB> does not go as far as some schools in CA and WA where 
 CB> the team and the principal are responsible for the 
 CB> whole school.
 CB>  
 CB> Some of our principals like the idea, but they 
 CB> mentioned that they wouldn't like to be responsible for 
 CB> funding if the roof went bad or etc..
Thanks for the insight Carl. It's funny that you should mention funding for 
the physical plant. It seems that it's in that partiicular area that 
site-based teams in our area have had the most input. But as far as 
curriculum content & teaching methods, no real input has come out of it.
--- Maximus 2.01wb
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