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District projects enrollment decline, proposes staffing changes and redeployments to cover programs
Summary
Park Ridge CCSD 64 staff presented enrollment projections showing a decline of roughly 167 students on the rollover model and proposed staffing adjustments that rely on retirements, grant-funded hires and two new special-education coordinator positions.
District staff told the Park Ridge CCSD 64 Board of Education on Feb. 20 that the district’s rollover enrollment projection shows a decline from 4,483 to 4,316 students (a drop of 167) and outlined staffing implications and proposed adjustments for the 2025–26 year.
Projection method and results: Using the district’s historical “rollover” method (moving current students to the next grade and accounting for known incoming/outgoing students) staff reported a projected district enrollment of 4,316, down 167 students from the January baseline. The declines were spread across buildings; district-wide the analysis shows a loss that results in a net seven classroom sections reduced next school year (with Lincoln projected down two sections and most other schools down one section each). Staff said the pattern…
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