Operating No additional cost, other than that associated with enrollment growth, anticipated. No additional cost, other than that associated with enrollment growth, anticipated. No additional cost, other than that associated with enrollment growth, anticipated. No additional cost, other than that associated with enrollment growth, anticipated. Programs useful lifeIn general, two issues concerning school size have been argued.
Research generally points to a negative relationship between school size and district achievement.
When community or individual socioeconomic status is held constant, comparisons of schools based on enrollment size generally favor smaller units. The author concluded that in spite of the apparent benefits of small school size for adolescents, policy makers still employ a powerful rationale to justify the continued creation of larger high schools. The argument being that small high schools cannot provide a curriculum with adequate breadth and depth to meet student's needs. He concluded that what is important is the organization within the building since a school is not a building but a learning community. Also, he stated that new technology has the potential to make many size issues insignificant.