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This paper describes the evolution of a school-based planning model that accommodates independent approaches to Schoo/ District of Philadelphia goals. The description centers on key strategic planning decisions made during a 6-year period and three components of the planning model: the organizational monitoring and feedback system; organizational cybernetics; and organizational strains created by the tensions among policies, procedures, and personnel. The model provided a framework for each of Philadelphia's 260 ohools to work toward goals appropriate to their lwn unique circumstances. The model is significant not only because it provides schools autonomy in a tight policy framework, but because it has served to coordinate instructional services delivery. (JAM) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. *