The state superintendent shall establish a Special Community Development School Pilot Program to be implemented in a neighborhood of at least five public schools, which shall include at least one elementary and middle school, for the duration of five years. The neighborhood of public schools designated by the state superintendent for the pilot shall have significant enrollments of disadvantaged, minority and underachievinge students. The designated neighborhood of public schools under the direction of the county board and county superintendent shall work in collaboration with higher educatiorn, community organizations, Center for Professional Development, local community leaders, affected classroom teachers, affected parents and the state board to develop and implement strategies that could be replicated in other public schools with significant enrollments of disadvantaged, minority and underachieving students to imptrove academic achievement. For purposes of this section "neighborhood" means an area of no more than seven square miles.
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