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Idea to send:	Topic School Specialization vs. Consolidation Content Rural communities want to retain their schools as a status symbol, and focus for sustaining community viability. We still have some 450 small rural schools for 77 counties, and many of these schools are reasonably close together. Consolidation is too much of a political issue, and will probably prevent consolidation from happening. However, varied school specialization, split grades among schools, "magnet" schools development, and multiple-school teachers/ adminstrators could be used to greatly improve small rural schools, while reducing costs.