Revisiting the School of the Future: The Evolution of a School-Based Services Project

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health created the School of the Future (SoF) project to enable selected Texas schools to coordinate and implement school-based social and health services on their campuses and to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method of service delivery by evaluating the projec...

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Main Authors Iscoe, Louise K, Keir, Scott S
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, c/o Publications Office, The University of Texas 1997
Subjects
Ancillary School Services
Community Involvement
Delivery Systems
Demonstration Programs
Elementary Education
Elementary Schools
Financial Support
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health TX
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Minority Groups
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Program Implementation
School Based Services
School of the Future (Hogg Foundation)
Texas
Urban Areas
Urban Schools
Texas
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Summary:The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health created the School of the Future (SoF) project to enable selected Texas schools to coordinate and implement school-based social and health services on their campuses and to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method of service delivery by evaluating the project. This report documents the evolution of the SoF project, focusing on the four sites 2 years after the end of the initial 5-year funding, looking at the various ways the project has continued after the demonstration program came to an end. It also describes how the four sites looked at different stages: the end of the start-up, the end of the funding period, and 2 years later. Demonstration sites were: (1) two schools in Austin; (2) two elementary and one middle school in Dallas; (3) two elementary and one middle school in Houston; and (4) two elementary and one middle school in San Antonio. All the schools were urban and in high-poverty areas with concentrations of minority students. Services offered and site characteristics differed in the four cities. All projects have continued in new forms, in programs built on the concepts and strategies of the original model. These communities did not replicate the original SoF program, but all credit it with providing the basic ideas for the new efforts and guidance in getting them started. The success of the initiatives in all four cities is credited to substantial funding, flexibility of design, community participation, long-term commitment, and supportive personnel. (Contains five tables.) (SLD)