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District hears RSP enrollment, boundary and housing analysis; board to set criteria for boundary committee
Summary
At a special board meeting April 17, RSP analysts presented enrollment projections, neighborhood-level student density and a 10‑year housing pipeline; the board reviewed next steps for a boundary process tied to bond projects and asked for guiding principles before a May meeting.
The district's board on Thursday heard a detailed presentation from RSP on current enrollment trends, housing development and boundary planning that will inform the implementation of bond-funded projects and a planned boundary review.
RSP planner Rob Schwartz told the board the presentation “is really 5 parts” — enrollment and demographics, developments, projections, next steps and an appendix — and urged members to focus on the executive summary. “Page 5 is where everything really comes to be. This is the executive summary,” Schwartz said.
The consultants said the district saw an enrollment uptick this year after several years of losses: total enrollment rose roughly 2.5 percent (from 2,324 to 2,425 in one cited comparison) and the district recorded a positive average cohort change — the first comparable increase since 2006–07. RSP also reported that live births in Wyandotte County have declined over the past decade, a demographic headwind that makes stable or growing kindergarten cohorts harder to sustain without increased market share or migration into the district.
RSP planner Jenna Wallace walked the board through…
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