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Superintendent: Clover Park hits 99.87% of budgeted enrollment; some staff transfers and bus adjustments planned
Summary
Superintendent Banner reported the district reached 99.87% of its projected September enrollment count, prompting a small number of staff transfers, and said transportation staff are monitoring bus routes because of Joint Base Lewis–McChord gate closures and local street construction.
Superintendent Banner told the Clover Park School District board the district’s September count reached 99.87% of the projected budgeted student number, leaving the district 15 students short of the projection. Banner called the result “phenomenal” and thanked finance and school teams for their work on the count.
Because several individual schools were over or under their projected counts, Banner said the district will involuntarily transfer a small number of staff to balance assignments: four elementary staff and three secondary staff will move to schools that exceeded their counts. He said one additional secondary staff member who was under count will remain at their school after the count team reviewed circumstances and provided additional support.
“These moves are never easy,” Banner said. He said the district follows the Clover Park Education Association collective bargaining agreement in these decisions and that human resources and principals will meet with impacted staff members and provide support, including short-term substitute coverage and two days for staff to set up new classrooms.
Banner also reported transportation adjustments for the school year’s first days. He said Joint Base Lewis–McChord rotating gate closures and city street construction could affect several routes. The district identified four schools that required extra buses to handle overloads and will continue monitoring ridership and stop data to make further adjustments.
Board members did not take formal action on the superintendent’s report; the items described are operational updates and staffing follow-up will proceed under district policy and bargaining agreements.
