The document discusses research on the relationship between schools and rural community vitality. It introduces a new website with more integrated and interactive resources. Recent research examined how the presence of schools impacts rural community indicators like household income and property values. The document also summarizes a study on shared services between municipalities and schools, finding the largest motivators are cost savings while the biggest obstacles are planning agreements and availability of partners.
Activity 2-unit 2-update 2024. English translation
School Vitality Shared Services
1. Linking School & Community
Vitality: Shared Services to
School Closure
John W. Sipple, PhD
Associate Professor
NYS Center for Rural Schools (NYRuralSchools.org)
Community and Regional Development Institute
Cornell University
Rural Schools Association of NYS, July 2013
2. My Goals
• Introduce new website (NYRuralSchools.org/w)
• More Interactive and Integrated
• More Relevant Resources and Research
• New Research
• Impact of Schools on Community Vitality
• Shared Services (Municipal & Schools)
• Demonstrate New Tools
3. New Site – Preview
• http://NYRuralSchools.org/w/
4. Central
Questions/Themes
• Schools Communities?
• Communities Schools?
• When did Schools and Communities become
separate?
• Information is better than guessing.
• Short- vs. Long Term planning/decisions
5. Key Tensions & Actions
Short-Term Long-Term
School-based
Big
Community-
based Also Big
7. Ability to Levy Tax
$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
$1,200,000
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Median Property Wealth/Pupil
NYC
Big 4
Small City
HN Rural
Ave Need
Low Need
8. Lyson Hypothesis
• A school is vital to the survival of rural
communities.
• Viable villages generally contain schools: dying
and dead ones either lack them or do not have
them for long.
• The capacity to maintain a school is a continuing
indicator of a community's wellbeing.
• School district consolidation has deleterious
effects on small rural communities.
9. Rural Villages in NYS
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Small with
school
Small without
school
Large with
school
Large without
school
Numberofvillage
1990
2000
2010
10. Population 500 or less
Population 501 to 2,500
Population 2,500+ (urban)
2010 Places
Total: 1,189
73 66
272 245
2000 2010
exclude 32 outliers (based on village’s median house value)
705 846
13. HH Inc
2000
HH Inc
2010
PerCap Inc
2000
PerCap Inc
2010
H Value
2000
H Value
2010
Large
+ +
School
+
School X
Size -
<39
- - - - - -
W Child
+ + + + + +
% White
- - - - -
White collar
+ + + + + +
Self Employ
+ + + + + +
No Commute
R2 .79 .60 .73 .57 .71 .51
14. Take aways…
• We find more nuanced relationships between the
presence of schools and community vitality
• Stabilizing/Constraining impact of schools
• Once controlling for other factors, the presence of schools only impacts
HH Income (less so for large).
• Once controlling for other factors, larger villages are more prosperous
• Further studies
• Does distance from village center to school matter.
• Panel analysis (1990-2010)
19. Cornell University
• Dept. of Development Sociology
• Dept. of City and Regional Planning
New York Conference of Mayors
New York State Association of Towns
New York State Association of Counties
New York State Council of School Superintendents
American Planning Association, New York Chapter
PI’s: John W. Sipple, Mildred Warner
Researchers: George Homsy, David Kay
Shared Service Study Partners
20. Cities Counties Town
s
Villages Supt
s
Total
Total –
NYS
62 57 932 556 695 2260
Number of
responses
49 44 494 359 245 1191
Response
rate
79% 77% 53% 65% 35% 53%
Response Rate
21. 22%
39%
7%
26%
6%
Informal understanding
MOU / Inter-Municipal
Agreement
Joint
ownership, production, or
purchase
Contracting with another
government
How Formal is the Arrangement ?
More
Informal
26. Importance of
Motivators
Cost
Savings
Local
leadership/
trust
Gaining
bargaining
power in
the market
Staff
transitions
State
programs
to
incentivize
sharing
Regional
equality
in service
delivery
Small City 4.8 4.4 4.4 3.5 3.4 4.2
HN Rural 4.8 3.8 4.0 3.1 3.6 4.1
Ave Need 4.7 4.1 4.1 3.1 3.4 3.8
Low Need 4.7 4.2 4.4 2.5 3.0 3.3
Communit
y
expectatio
ns
Maintaining
service
quality
Past
experience
with
sharing
Business
community
support
Unable to
provide
important
services
without
sharing
Enriching
educatio
nal
opportun
ity
Small City 3.5 4.3 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.7
HN Rural 3.2 4.5 3.6 3.1 4.3 4.6
Ave Need 3.2 4.4 3.5 3.2 4.0 4.6
Low Need 3.3 4.4 3.8 3.0 3.5 4.4
27. Importance
of Obstacles
Planning
and design
of sharing
agreement
Availability
of willing
partners
Similarity
among
partners
Compatibl
e data and
budget
systems
Combining
multiple
funding
sources
State
rules/ legal
regulations
Small City 4.2 4.6 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.0
HN Rural 3.8 4.3 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.9
Ave Need 4.0 4.4 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.9
Low Need 4.0 4.4 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.7
Elected
official
opposition/
politics
Liability
concerns
Personality
conflicts
Restrictive
labor
aggreeme
nts
Job
loss/local
employmen
t impact
Local
control/
community
identity
Small City 2.5 3.4 2.8 4.4 3.4 3.2
HN Rural 2.7 3.5 2.5 3.9 3.5 3.7
Ave Need 2.9 3.4 2.6 3.8 3.5 3.7
Low Need 2.5 3.4 2.1 3.3 2.9 3.3
28. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Low Need Average Need High Need Rural Small City
29. My Goals
• Introduce new website (NYRuralSchools.org/w)
• More Interactive and Integrated
• More Relevant Resources and Research
• New Research
• Impact of Schools on Community Vitality
• Shared Services (Municipal & Schools)
• Demonstrate New Tools
Notas del editor
The purpose of this survey is to understand shared service delivery municipalities and school districts in New York State – the scope, nature, motivators and barriers to service sharing.
Who got a survey? (Good. I won’t ask who filled it out.) Sent to multiple people in each community to ensure response. This is the first anyone has seen of the results. Raw, but informative.
We asked how formal is the arrangement. I want to stop and ask each of you… what do these terms mean to you? Provide an example.