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school consolidation  

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  • School consolidation refers to the merging or elimination of school districts, resulting in fewer districts overall. In the United States, the school district has been the basic unit of decision making and financial support for publicly supported schools since the seventeenth century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; School Consolidation]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VBLL91G4-R

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