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The Role of District Leaders in School Reform: Implementing Year-Round Schooling1

In this paper, we explore the role of district leaders in implementing school reform, specifically year-round schooling. We examine the experiences of four Florida districts with particular emphasis on their social, political, and fiscal contexts. Successful innovation is promoted as leaders act in a humane and open fashion that specifically in cludes eschewing promises that cannot be fulfilled. We have found that creating wide spread support for the innovation, being flexible, and creating a climate for change and innovation are crucial. Ensuring equitable implementation of the reform and attending fairly to details of both contracts and programs are especially important.