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District leaders outline facility study after enrollment decline; staff and families surveyed
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Knight and consultants briefed the D C Everest Area School District board on a facilities study examining enrollment decline, space for young learners and aging infrastructure. The district has engaged UW Applied Population Lab and consultants Findorff and Somerville, surveyed staff groups and plans a family survey.
The D C Everest Area School District presented an informational update on a district‑wide facility study that staff say is driven by three factors: sustained enrollment decline, space constraints for early‑childhood programming and aging building infrastructure.
Superintendent Dr. Knight told the board the study uses maintenance and educational‑space assessments combined with demographic forecasting from the UW Applied Population Lab and input from Findorff and Somerville, the district’s contracted partners. "What may have been a blip at 1 point, is pretty clearly a trend line," Dr. Knight said, describing enrollment shifts across grade cohorts.
Board members were told the district is seeing a notable…
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