You'll find out this Sunday.

Morning Sentinel reporter Alan Crowell has been working on a story about how declining student populations in some of central and western Maine's smallest towns are forcing major changes.

In some cases, programs like Head Start are affected. Students from different grades sit in the same classrooms with the same teacher.

And in a few rare cases, small-town grade schools are being considered for closure.

Alan's stories will encompass a big area, and will be prominent in both the Sentinel and the Kennebec Journal.