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District enrollment steady; board urged to prioritize elementary additions as special-education needs shrink capacity
Summary
Grain Valley R-V reported relatively flat enrollment overall but rising high-need special-education populations that reduce usable building capacity; staff recommended elementary additions and small early-childhood center renovations while pausing large high-school projects.
District staff told the Grain Valley R-V Board of Education that overall enrollment remains largely unchanged from recent years but that growth in students with high special-education needs is consuming classroom space and altering capacity calculations.
The district reported 4,467 students as of Oct. 1, down 18 from the prior year (a record high year). Elementary enrollment (K–5) is at 1,901 students and the district estimates elementary capacity overall at about 93 percent, with…
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