In 1975 Washington Educators formed the Northwest Community Education Coalition, consisting of twenty-six Community Education Programs. By January of 1984 one hundred community school programs were flourishing in forty-five Washington school districts providing educational programs for community residents of all ages. These neighborhood schools serve as a center for community activities for all citizens. The records of the Washington State Community Education Association consist of subject files that include correspondence, reports, minutes, agendas, and general information. All are arranged in one alphabetical sequence, based on the original folder headings used by the secretary of the Association.
Some headings are informal and some are quite structured.
These practices have been retained in the archival arrangement, because changing them would result in a totally different filing system than that used by the originators of the records. By-Laws and Procedures Manual, n.d. By-Laws, National Community Education Association, n.d. 69 Committee on Education Structure, Policies and Management, n.d. 74 Community Education Advisory Committee, n.d.