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School district approves 2025–26 controlled open‑enrollment plan as officials warn of shifting enrollment patterns
Summary
Citrus County School Board voted unanimously to adopt its 2025–26 controlled open‑enrollment procedures and to advertise a May 13 public hearing on attendance boundary changes as staff described falling K‑12 brick‑and‑mortar enrollment, concentrated local growth and rising use of state education scholarships and home education.
The Citrus County School Board voted unanimously to approve the district's 2025–26 controlled open‑enrollment plan and to advertise a May 13 public hearing on proposed attendance boundary changes.
The action followed a staff presentation on district enrollment trends by planning director Mister Dixon, who told the board overall K‑12 enrollment decreased from 15,341 in December 2023 to 15,007 in December 2024, a decline of 334 students (2.2 percent). Dixon said the district's December snapshot showed concentrated growth in Central Ridge, Citrus Springs and the Rock Crusher area while other parts of the county declined.
"The December snapshot'... we take the enrollment every year right before the December break so that we're comparing apples to apples," Dixon said as he…
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