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County geographer flags rapid housing growth, forecasts thousands of new students; board urged to align facilities planning
Summary
Baldwin County’s geographer presented maps and estimates showing hundreds of active subdivisions and thousands of projected new students over the next decade, prompting board members to press for strategic facilities planning and upcoming public rezoning meetings.
Michael Malm, the district’s geographer, told the Baldwin County Board of Education that new housing developments across the county will drive significant student enrollment growth and urged the board to align facilities planning with those projections.
"We have 315 infrastructure or actually going vertical with the houses. 315 new subdivisions," Malm said, and he said that the subdivisions could yield a large increase in student population in coming years. He told the board he expects "another ... 17,000…
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