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Board discusses declining enrollment and Cherokee overcrowding; members ask for redistricting and special‑education review
Summary
Board members and administrators discussed district enrollment trends, elementary class‑size projections and special‑education distributions. Several trustees asked staff to analyze redistricting and options for relocating programs to ease overcrowding at Cherokee Elementary.
District staff and board members spent a lengthy section of the Feb. 12 meeting reviewing enrollment projections and elementary staffing. The presentation, led by district budget and enrollment staff, showed total district enrollment at 5,227 students (January 31 snapshot) and traced a multi‑year decline from a high in previous decades.
Nut graf: Board members said the distribution of students across elementary schools is inequitable—Cherokee Elementary was singled out as crowded—and asked staff to return with data and cost estimates for redistricting, moving special‑education programs, or other phased…
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