Community involvement in rural schools : a case study of the schools in the Leicester and Sandy Mush communities

WCU Author/Contributor (non-WCU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Patricia Duckett Brown (Creator)
Institution
Western Carolina University (WCU )
Web Site: http://library.wcu.edu/
Advisor
Mary Herzog

Abstract: The Leicester and Sandy Mush communities in western North Carolina have a history of involvement in schools through early subscription schools, private academies, and public schools. The levels and forms of involvement have changed over time, as has the school's need for differing kinds of involvement.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 2011
Keywords
community involvement, public schools, school history
Subjects
Rural schools -- North Carolina, Western
Rural schools -- North Carolina -- Sandymush
Rural schools -- North Carolina -- Leicester
Community and school -- North Carolina, Western
Community and school -- North Carolina -- Sandymush
Community and school -- North Carolina -- Leicester
Sandymush (N.C.) -- History
Leicester (N.C.) -- History

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