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Granite School District projects enrollment decline to 47,000 by 2029; adopts conservative staffing model to avoid midyear teacher moves
Summary
District officials said an independent demographer projects district enrollment will fall to about 47,000 by 2029; the district said it will adopt a more conservative front-end staffing approach so schools are "held harmless" initially and the district can add teachers quickly if kindergarten or other cohorts exceed projections.
Granite School District officials told parents at a community forum that the district's five-year enrollment projection shows continuing decline and that the district is changing its staffing process to reduce disruptive midyear teacher moves.
The district said it contracted MGT (formerly Davis Demographics) for a five-year projection and that the firm projects the district will be "down to 47,000 students by 2029." Officials said next fall the district expects to lose another 1,200 to 1,400 students, roughly a 2 percent decline, and that the district's…
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