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Superintendent: Northville enrollment stable near June rollover but district will monitor early‑year changes
Summary
Superintendent RJ Weber reported enrollment figures showing small net shifts compared with last year — down slightly at elementary, up at middle and high school — and said staff will track early‑year attrition, especially private‑school moves that may not be immediately reported.
Superintendent RJ Weber updated the board on enrollment, saying the district has “been enrolling strong all summer long” and that the most recent counts show a net change from last year of plus 14 students overall with notable shifts by level.
Weber reported the district is down 14 students at the elementary level, up about 10 at middle school and up about 18 at the high school; he emphasized the overall net of +14 comes with important caveats. “We're not sure all of the little ones that aren't coming back,” Weber said, explaining the district often does not learn about private‑school enrollments or moves away until after classes start.
Board members asked whether private‑school admissions trigger an immediate notification to the district. Weber said there is no universal obligation for private schools to notify the district; often the CA‑60 transfer request is the trigger staff sees, and that can arrive after the school year begins. He also said the elementary schools generally report absences more promptly, while high‑school attrition is more common to discover at the start of term.
The superintendent said administrators and administrative assistants are making outreach calls and monitoring numbers to learn whether additional staffing or reassignments will be necessary before classes start. He told the board the district will provide another enrollment update at the next board meeting when figures are closer to final attendance on the first day of school.
No formal action was taken; staff said they will continue outreach and bring any staffing‑related recommendations to the board if classroom coverage needs change.
