Leslie fought the Klan block on several issues, including committee assignments, legislation aimed at eliminating Catholic schools, and other issues.

The citizens' initiative was primarily aimed at eliminating parochial schools, including Catholic schools.

But even Newark will not completely eliminate middle schools.

The switch was caused by a decline in the school population and by a new district policy to eliminate year-round schools whenever possible.

In Pierce, Oregon had required all children to attend public schools; the law was plainly intended to eliminate parochial schools.

He would have resigned as leader rather than eliminate English public schools, as party extremists proposed).

But not all experts think that eliminating stand-alone middle schools is a cure-all.

In 1939, the state board eliminated normal schools in Oregon.

Some educators are pushing for eliminating middle schools and absorbing the grades into either elementary or high schools.

It closed in the 1950s after Wisconsin eliminated one-room schools.