When you contemplate the reasons for the decreasing
number of school tours, the obvious should be
considered:

1) Strapped school district budgets;
2) Taxpayer rebellion against increased property
taxes;
3) Significantly increased fuel costs for school buses
to transport children to museums.

gaw 

--- Mari Shopsis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:12:43 -0400 
From: "Mari Shopsis" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Decrease in School Tour Numbers 
To: [log in to unmask]

> There have been a number of threads on these lists
> about decreasing
> numbers of school tours due to NCLB.  
>  
> I'm wondering if anyone has gone so far as to figure
> out an average
> percent decrease.  I'm preparing a board report and
> wondering if the
> decrease in our tour numbers is on par with what
> other museums have
> experienced.  
>  
> If you've quantified your year-to-year change since
> 2000 (pre-NCLB) and
> are willing to share those numbers, I would be most
> appreciative. If you
> email me your museum's stats (either percent change
> or actual tour
> numbers), I'll do some number crunching and try to
> come up with an
> average that would be of us for others. 
>  
> Thanks! 
> ____________________
> Mari Shopsis
> Coordinator of School Programs
> Everson Museum of Art
> 401 Harrison Street
> Syracuse, NY 13202
>  
> p: 315.474.6064
> e: [log in to unmask]
> f: 315.474.6943
> w: www.everson.org

gaw

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