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Jordan district projects multi-year enrollment decline; board refers impacted schools to facilities committee
Summary
Administration presented a five-year enrollment forecast showing a projected drop of about 2,585 students (55,373 to 52,788). The board referred a list of schools — including Aspen Elementary and Joel P. Jensen — to the facilities committee for study of boundary, capacity and program options.
District planning staff presented a five-year enrollment forecast Oct. 14 that projects a decline from 55,373 students in the district’s Oct. 1 count to about 52,788, a drop of roughly 2,585 students. In light of those trends, the board referred a group of elementary and secondary schools to the facilities committee for further study of options such as boundary changes, repurposing or consolidation.
Mike Feston, the district planner who prepared the forecast, told the board long-term demographic drivers — fewer births per household and a post-pandemic slowdown in new-housing yields — are the primary causes. Feston used state birth data, local building-permit…
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