School and Community Partnership

[Chris Kloth]

Hi, John, et al...

While the book "Future Search in School District Change" is obviously 
designed to describe how future search has been a part of school 
district change, you will find that several of the chapters provide 
insights that may be useful as you think about using open space in your 
situation.  In particular, parts 3 and 4 focus on "Growing Community 
Partnerships" and "Beyond the District." 

The chapter I co-authored refers to a particular community partnership 
that has its origins in some future search work 15 years ago, but which 
also included Open Space meetings in the early days (Remember our friend 
Diane Bennett, Harrison?) and now the particular partnership which is 
most well developed has been using Open Space for its annual retreats 
for the last 5 years, as well as using it in other settings.

Hope this helps.

Chris Kloth
ChangeWorks of the Heartland
Columbus, Ohio

John Engle wrote:

>Friends,
>
>I'm working with a highly motivated and well-connected
>planning committee toward building a "school and
>community partnership" in Pottstown, PA, which is a
>suburb of Philadelphia. They are dealing with
>challenges of violence, high drop-out rates, substance
>abuse, and crime. 
>
>  
>

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