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Demographer warns of multi-year enrollment decline; recommends boundary review
Summary
A regional demographer told the Durango School District No. 9-R board the district lost roughly 200 students in preliminary counts, could lose another ~400 over eight years, and suggested phased boundary adjustments and monitoring of housing trends and online program competition.
Shannon Gamm, introduced as a regional demographer, told the Durango School District No. 9-R board that the district's enrollment has declined and is following a broader Western Slope pattern of smaller birth cohorts and competition from statewide online programs.
"We declined this year almost by 200 students," Gamm said, later noting preliminary calculations showing a loss of about 206 students. She said demographic forces'including smaller birth cohorts and the growth of online charter programs such…
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