The purpose of this study was to determine how students aged 12 to 18
reacted to joining with a neighboring school district after their high
school was destroyed by a tornado. Relocated students were compared t
o a control group of students randomly selected from the school distri
ct they were joining. Seven measures were used to determine levels of
adjustment. Results indicate that relocated students had significantly
lower grades and that their parents identified them as having various
behavior difficulties as the results of relocation.