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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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