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Superintendent: Eagle Point enrollment down 84 students; district monitoring budget and class sizes
Summary
Superintendent Kovacs reported enrollment at 3,683 students, a decline of 84 from last year, highlighted class‑size pressure in several elementary classrooms and warned staffing levels may be unsustainable if declines continue; the business office described prior budget reductions totaling about $4 million and projected lower expenses after cuts.
Superintendent Andy Kovacs told the Eagle Point School District 9 board on Sept. 24 that the district’s 10‑day enrollment count was 3,683 students, a decline of 84 students from last year, and said leadership is watching the figure because continued declines would affect state funding.
Kovacs said some classes are unusually large; he cited a kindergarten class at Shady Cove with 28 students and a K–2 class at Night Creek with 34 students, explaining those imbalances prompted recent teacher reassignments. “We know we’re impacting those students at Table Rock that are losing teachers,” Kovacs said, adding district staff had shifted personnel to address high‑enrollment classrooms elsewhere.
Business manager Nick Hogan reviewed multi‑year enrollment trends by school and summarized August financials. Hogan noted the district implemented roughly $4 million in budget reductions last spring and summer, including about 40.5 positions, and has projected payroll that implies about $3 million less in expenses than an uncut baseline. Hogan said next month’s report will provide a more precise estimate of the ending fund balance and this year’s projected position.
Trustees and staff discussed the timing of the state legislature’s budget deliberations and possible changes to Average Daily Membership (ADM) funding that could affect the district’s revenue in the next biennium. Kovacs said he expects the long legislative session beginning after Christmas to produce budget decisions that will influence local district planning.
The board did not adopt additional budget cuts at the meeting. Trustees instructed staff to continue monitoring enrollment trends and to bring more detailed financial projections to a future meeting.
