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Demographer reports enrollment leveling; board asks for redistricting scenarios and class-size options
Summary
A demographer presented updated five- and 10-year enrollment projections and an initial facilities utilization review; board members and residents raised class-size worries and asked for redistricting and multiple class-size scenario analyses.
Ross Haber (demographer) presented a status update on the district's enrollment projections, attendance-zone study and facilities-feasibility work, saying the firm has completed visits to 13 buildings and the cohort-based projections and is on track to deliver a final report in December.
Haber said the district's enrollment declined from about 14,712 in 2011 to roughly 11,499 in the current year and that the elementary grades have declined the least in recent years. "Beginning in about 2024, we're starting to see a leveling out of enrollment in the district," Haber said, and he cautioned that the October 15 state enrollment file will be used to finalize numbers.
The study will combine cohort projections with an analysis of new housing and a room-by-room…
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