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Board hears enrollment trends showing lower kindergarten enrollment and uneven growth; staffing and boundaries discussed
Summary
District staff presented enrollment data showing pockets of growth and decline across elementary and secondary schools, discussed staffing moves to absorb enrollment changes and warned that continued trends may require boundary shifts or additional facilities planning.
District staffing and enrollment leaders reviewed detailed enrollment counts and projections March 3, telling the board the district has grown by roughly 58 students between the Oct. 1 official count and an update through early February but faces a persistent gap between larger upper-grade cohorts and smaller incoming kindergarten classes.
Staff described examples from multiple elementary boundaries where kindergarten counts lag fifth grade and said that pattern is the key driver of the district’s downward enrollment pressure. They reported different local trends: some schools such as Legacy and Riverside…
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