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Barrow County officials cite late registrations, new charter and scholarships as factors in unexpected kindergarten decline
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School leaders told the Barrow County Board of Education on Aug. 26 that a late surge of registrations, student transfers to a new charter, take-up of the Georgia Promise scholarship and increased homeschooling contributed to lower kindergarten enrollment than projected, and outlined operational challenges in processing registrations.
Barrow County school officials reported Aug. 26 that a late registration surge, transfers to a newly opened charter and participation in the Georgia Promise scholarship contributed to an unusually low kindergarten enrollment this fall.
At the board meeting Deputy Superintendent Dr. Thompson and Miss Persinger presented enrollment data and explained why the district’s day‑11 counts — the state‑recognized count taken after 10 days of school — fell below recent trends. “From July 12 until the first day of school, we had 872 new applications submitted,” Miss Persinger said, adding that those applications represented “over 1,100 students” registered during that period. She attributed many delays to missing documentation and to families who did not complete the online process.
The drop in kindergarten was notable in the district’s multi‑year trend line, officials said. Miss Persinger said 4 Points Preparatory Academy opened a campus that listed Barrow…
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