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District reports early enrollment shift, reconfiguration adjustments and smooth start to school year
Summary
Superintendent Brzezinski and staff presented Sept. 3 enrollment counts and cohort changes, reported route and scheduling adjustments tied to recent reconfiguration, and described staffing and facilities readiness during the first days of school.
Superintendent Brzezinski presented the district's early September enrollment update and described initial operational adjustments after the start of the school year.
The enrollment report used a "current as of 9/3" snapshot and compared budgeted average daily membership (ADM) to students in seats and cohort movement from the end of the 2024-25 school year to the start of 2025-26. Brzezinski cautioned that early September counts are fluid and are normally treated as provisional until October.
Key points from the update: - Net cohort movement: Several elementary cohorts showed declines from the previous year's cohort. Kindergarten to first grade was down seven students; first to second grade down 12; third to fourth grade showed the largest elementary net loss at 17 students. The presenter said summer movement explains many of these changes and that he investigated student-by-student paths for some cohorts. - New students: Excluding kindergarten, 124 students in grades 1'12 were new to Winona Area Public Schools this year, a number the presenter characterized as "very typical" for summer movement. - Secondary stability: Middle and high school enrollments were largely stable, with notable gains in sixth grade (16 new sixth graders) and ninth grade (29 new ninth graders). Eighth grade showed a net gain of 11. - ADM adjustment: The district is applying an assumed reduction factor of 2.38% to convert enrollment counts to ADM for budgeting purposes; staff said the reduction primarily reflects PSEO and part-day attendance by juniors and seniors.
On reconfiguration and operations, staff reported that initial transportation routes were adjusted after the first days: some routes were consolidated to shorten ride times, and staff said typical first-week adjustments are expected. The presenter visited schools and said operations such as staffing, meals and bus runs were generally running smoothly.
Board members thanked custodial and maintenance staff for building preparations and praised Career and Technical Education (CTE) staffing and partnerships. Directors noted several newly hired teachers and staff who started just before or at the start of the school year.
No formal actions were taken on enrollment or reconfiguration at the meeting; staff will continue to update the board as numbers stabilize.
