hello, continuing the debate on school numbers, I have a meeting coming up with museums & tourist boards to discuss why (or if) school numbers are dropping in the North East. Hopefully the group will commission some research & come up with some guidelines for what can be done to tackle problems, such as better links with transport providers or each schoolchild gets free family ticket. Has anyone done similar research ? what were the findings ? any good ideas to pass on to museums or schools ? thanks ianb Ian Blackwell Audience Development Officer North East Museums Bath Lane Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5SQ tel: 0191 222 1661 fax: 0191 261 4725 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%