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Boundary advisory committee recommends no boundary changes after enrollment review

2627883 · February 12, 2025
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A district committee reviewed enrollment projections, facility utilization and program access and recommended no boundary changes for 2025; administrators will study transfer policy and program access to address uneven enrollment and course availability.

The Boundary Advisory Committee for Lawrence USD 497 recommended the board make no boundary changes at the end of the 2024–25 school year after reviewing enrollment projections, utilization and program access.

The committee, which met six times this school year, presented data projecting a net districtwide enrollment decline of about 220 students by the 2029–30 school year and noted that high schools would experience the largest declines. Consultants projected Free State High School enrollment near 1,675 and Lawrence High School near 1,440 by 2029–30, a difference of about 235 students between…

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