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Board hears enrollment and capacity data as district readies Steel Lane reconfiguration; LC Allen staff urge more support for magnet conversion
Summary
District staff presented early-year enrollment and classroom-capacity data Sept. 10 and told the board the planned reconfiguration of Steele Lane Elementary can likely be accommodated across nearby campuses but will require specific site-level decisions about portables and repurposed rooms.
Santa Rosa City Schools staff told the board Sept. 10 that early fall enrollment is roughly in line with the district's longer-range projections but that capacity pressures at some campuses will make next year's planned reconfiguration and boundary changes challenging.
A staff presenter reported about 13,800 students district-wide at the start of the academic year, roughly 500 fewer than the prior year's Census Day count but close to the counts assumed in the district's facilities master plan. Early-year average daily attendance (ADA) across the first 10 days averaged about 92%, a number used in LCFF projections; daily attendance rose during the first two weeks and was near 11,300 on the meeting day.
Staff highlighted patterns by grade band: universal transitional-kindergarten (TK) uptake is higher than projected, while several secondary grade cohorts are smaller than…
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