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Intern presents AI forecast that suggests future rebound for Acton-Boxborough school enrollment
Summary
Aiden McLaughlin, an intern, showed a random-forest AI model that projects enrollment in the Acton-Boxborough district will rebound from current lows and cautioned against cutting staffing or resources based only on short-term projections.
Aiden McLaughlin, an intern and rising junior at Purdue University, told the Town of Acton Finance Committee that an AI-based random forest regression model projects Acton-Boxborough school enrollment will likely rise over the next decade and could “overshoot” before stabilizing.
McLaughlin said the model used housing prices, births from five years prior, median household income, unemployment, town population and past district enrollment as input. He told the committee that the New England School Development Council (NESDC) — the district’s current forecaster — projects enrollment will fall 2.49 percent…
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