school district
Local education authority
A school district is a governmental unit responsible for administering public schools within a defined geographic area.
Districts set local education policies, manage budgets, and employ teachers and staff.
They're typically governed by elected school boards: The school district voted to adopt a new math curriculum.
Boundaries often follow municipal lines but may not match exactly.
Chief administrative official
- principalChief school administrator
- budgetPlan for spending
- policyAdopted principle of action
- governanceHow authority is exercised
trustees · meetings · oversight · management · leadership · staffing · human resources · finance
Sectioning areas by use
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
rezoning · transfer · address · open enrollment · lottery · busing · desegregation · consolidation
Educational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- teachersThose who instruct students
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- classroomEducational instruction space
grades · textbooks · homework · exams · learning · standards · assessment · achievement
Mother and father
- PTAFamily-faculty advocacy group
- town hallLocal government headquarters
- votersThose who cast ballots
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
board meetings · taxpayers · referendum · public hearings · engagement · demographics · residents · homeowners
superintendent
Chief administrative official
governance · trustees · meetings · oversight · management · leadership · staffing · human resources · finance · operations
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
catchment · rezoning · transfer · address · open enrollment · lottery · busing · desegregation · consolidation · annexation
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
classroom · grades · textbooks · homework · exams · learning · standards · assessment · achievement · testing
parents
Mother and father
elections · board meetings · taxpayers · referendum · public hearings · engagement · demographics · residents · homeowners · property values
- Countycounty seat, county fair, county roads, courthouse, sheriff
- settling downmarriage, marries, homeownership, buying a house, starting a family
- school districtssuperintendents, superintendent, central office, local boards, catchment area
- school governanceboard of education, board of trustees, governing body, superintendents, superintendent
- Jefferson CountyJefferson County, Jefferson, Birmingham, Hoover, Fairfield
- public districtsservice area
school districtprivate school
Tuition-funded educational institution
independent school · one-room schoolhouse · charter school · magnet school · classroom
school districthomeschooling
Family-directed academic instruction
home education · unschooling · self-directed learning · informal education · tutoring
school districtprivate school
Tuition-funded educational institution
independent school · parochial school · religious school · boarding school · prep school
school, district, schooling, schooled, schools, schoolgirl, schoolboy, preschool, schoolchild