Academic literature on the topic 'Monroe School (Middletown, Ohio)'

Abstract This research article draws attention to how the shale gas rush phenomenon is creating path dependence and threatening community viability. The article features an instrumental case that includes school districts across seven Appalachian Ohio counties: Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe, and Noble. There, it has become commonplace for public schools to lease oil and gas rights; to factor revenue from ad valorem taxes, industry-related construction, and pipeline construction into district budgets; and to engage in tax negotiations for natural gas-fired power plants and affiliated industrial growth. The case is prefaced by a review of school funding norms in the United States and a discussion of the influence that path dependence has on school funding in the Appalachian region. Following this, the case of eastern Ohio schools is presented. The article culminates with a list of actions stakeholders can take to foster public school and community viability in Appalachia.

Problems 1–3 and 5–8 were contributed by Claudia Carter, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, Columbus, Mississippi: Anita Clark, Marshall High School, Marshall, Michigan: Catherine Mulligan, Bishop Fenwick High School, Middletown, Ohio; and Susanne Westegaard, Montgomery-Lonsdale Public School, Montgomery, Minnesota. Problem 4 was offered by Richard G. Brown, 7 Nelson Dr., Exeter, NH 03833. Problems 9, 10, and 16 were prepared by Margaret J. Kenney and Stanley J. Bezuszka, S.J., of the Mathematics Institute, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167-3809. Problems 11-15 and 30 were adapted from Discovering Mathematics: The Art of Investigation by A. Gardiner (Oxford: Oxford Science Publications, 1987). Problems 19 and 20 were provided by Robert H. Becker, 526 Harding Ave., Schillington, PA 19607-2802. Problems 17, 23, and 24 appear in the Second Book of Mathematical Bafflers, edited by Angela Fox Dunn (New York: Dover Publications, 1983). Problems 18, 21, 22, and 25 were adapted from Cariboo College High School Mathematics Contest Problems 1973–1992, edited by Jim Totten (Kamloops, B.C.: Cariboo College, 1992). Problems 26–29 were submitted by Barry Scully, York Region Board of Education, Aurora, ON L4G 3H2. Problem 31 was adapted from The Mathematical Funfair by Brian Bolt (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989).