Education: Consolidated Schools

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The systems of consolidation vary in different states. Mr. Abel has classified them:

1) Those in which the town or township unit has been a considerable factor in consolidation. These include New England, Michigan, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota.

2) Those in which the county as a unit is a considerable factor in bringing about consolidation. They are Utah, Louisiana, Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, New Mexico.

3) Those states in which consolidation is being effected through a district system. They are Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, West Virginia.

4) States that have relatively little consolidation. They are New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Arizona, Nevada.

5) States that have so provided for secondary education as to make the need for consolidation of elementary schools less keenly felt. They are Illinois and California.

6) Consolidation under the State system of Delaware.