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 Glenn A. Walsh Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] > NEWS - Astronomy, Space, Science: < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news > Author of History Web Sites on the Internet -- * Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: < http://www.planetarium.cc > * Adler Planetarium, Chicago: < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com > * Astronomer & Optician John A. Brashear: < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > * Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: < http://www.andrewcarnegie.cc > * Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: < http://www.incline.cc > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).