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Corbin City, between Cape May and Atlantic Counties, was settled in the mid-19th century as a home for seafaring captains whose ships were unloaded at the end of the Tuckahoe River so cargo could be shipped to Philadelphia, 65 miles away. The ship traffic disappeared nearly a century ago, but Corbin City remains. It has a population of about 500, an annual budget of nearly $1 million, and a work force of one full-time and four part-time employees. It is home to one of New Jersey's notorious ''nonoperating school districts,'' meaning residents finance school administration costs even though Corbin City has no schools and its 90 students attend classes in adjacent Upper Township. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Brooklyn Heights Montessori School announced Wednesday that it would continue to operate the Little Room, a well-regarded preschool for children with special needs, until August 2010 to allow all of the current students to finish the two-year program. The decision by the school's 23-member board of trustees came after more than a week of contentious exchanges between school officials and parents who have fought to keep the program from closing as early as next summer. School officials said they would use the additional time to try to find another home for the Little Room. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Comments on the hiring of parent coordinator's for the New York City school system. Schools Chancellor, Joel I. Klein, who hopes to increase parental involvement; Schools with existing strong parental involvement which complain about the program; Concern that the position might create a barrier between principals and parents; Coordinators who are making themselves known in the schools; Program which may succeed where the PTA did not.