This report presents a model for participation by the community, teachers, and administrators in the decisionmaking process. The report tells how the Boise, Idaho, school district used a systems approach to set up a decentralized decisionmaking system. The duties of various persons in the system (with emphasis on the importance of the role of the principal and his staff) are outlined. An appendix contains a master planning model and a design of the Maple Grove Elementary School planning system. (JF)