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Bend-LaPine reports kindergarten shortfall, overall enrollment roughly 108 students below budget projection

Bend-La Pine Schools Board of Directors · September 12, 2025
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CFO Dan Emerson told the board Sept. 9 the district is about 108 students under the budget projection (roughly 50 of those in kindergarten); Emerson said the district will return with a detailed, disaggregated enrollment report in October and is working with Flow Analytics to investigate trends.

BEND, Ore. — The Bend-LaPine Schools district reported early enrollment figures Tuesday showing the district is about 108 students below the number used in this year—s budget, with the largest single shortfall concentrated in kindergarten.

Dan Emerson, the district—s chief financial officer, told the board that kindergarten enrollment is "about 50 or 60 students" below projection and that the district is "108 below what we projected from the budget." He said high schools are offsetting part of that shortfall with an increase of roughly 86 students above projections, but cautioned the board the net shortfall will affect how some revenue streams are…

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