A Study on residential support systems for sustainable communities by way of safeguarding their local elementary school Part 3 There are fears that the consolidation of schools may lead to regional deterioration. Yet the issue of school consolidation has triggered the development of resident-led efforts towards the continuation of regional living. This study looked at schools with a rural village schooling system for the purpose of clarifying the actual conditions of such schemes. From the study, we understood the development and operation systems and the contents of initiatives of the village schooling schemes. Those schemes can be considered to have a certain effect towards sustaining schools and improvement in regional potential.