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District struggles with residency verifications and registrars; board told staff will seek enrollment specialist and summer social-worker contracts
Summary
Student services staff reported a surge in new enrollments and residency-affidavit verifications that is straining registrars and social workers. Officials described pending affidavits, denied and approved affidavits, and said they plan to create a central enrollment specialist role funded from existing at-risk funds.
Madison County Schools’ student-services staff told the board Sept. 5 that a surge of new enrollments and residency-affidavit work is stretching registrars and social workers, and administrators proposed creating a central enrollment specialist and using contracted summer social workers to meet demand.
The district reported a total enrollment of 21,287 students for the school year, including 3,690 new student enrollments and 17,597 returning students. Student-services staff outlined residency-affidavit activity as of the presentation: approximately 1,963 affidavits submitted, about 1,000 approved, 104…
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