Pacific Grove Unified holds community input session on master facility plan; survey to be posted

Pacific Grove Unified School District held the second of three community input sessions on the district's master facility plan, where MGT consultants presented enrollment forecasts, facility assessments and capacity/utilization data and invited public feedback via a district survey.

The session opened with Superintendent Adamson, who said the community's input will help prioritize projects that could be funded in a future bond: "Your voice is a critical part of this process. It matters." Lance Richards, an MGT consultant and former Indiana superintendent, led the presentation and summarized the firm's findings on demographics, enrollment projections and building conditions. Monica Ferrera, MGT consultant, guided attendees through a live polling survey and explained options for participating after the meeting via QR code, web link or text.

The consultants reported that the district's total student population peaked in 2017 (about 2,084 students) and has declined since. Present-day district enrollment was described as roughly 1,710'1,725 students. Richards said the firm's models forecast a gradual decline in enrollment rather than a sharp drop, and emphasized that projections are more reliable within a three- to five-year window: "We feel pretty good about our 3 year, good about our 5 year. But when you reach out into that 10 year window, it's a little bit more difficult because you're making assumptions on assumptions."

Consultants gave school-by-school estimates and utilization figures. Reported figures included: -…