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Palm Beach County school board member warns of enrollment losses, outlines district responses
Summary
School Board Member Erica Whitfield told the Highland Beach commission the district is A‑rated but lost about 5,516 students this year, triggering a roughly $25 million funding shortfall; the district plans outreach, FTE monitoring, and a Nov. 5 workshop on aligning schools with employer needs.
Erica Whitfield, Palm Beach County School Board member for District 4, presented a state-of-education update to the Highland Beach Town Commission on Oct. 7, reporting enrollment and funding pressures the district is addressing.
Whitfield said the district remains an A‑rated system but that about 5,516 students who had been expected did not enroll this school year. The district conducts outreach to locate absent students and performs an official full‑time‑equivalent (FTE) count in October; FTE is the basis for state funding,…
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