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Carmel school leaders outline enrollment decline, consider Princeton model and fifth-grade reconfiguration
Summary
District officials presented a long-range enrollment study projecting a 4.7% drop (172 students) by 2033, proposed a fifth-grade "school-within-a-school" at George Fisher as a near-term option and examined a Princeton-style redistricting that staff say would require nine extra buses and 19 new drivers.
Superintendent opened the Board of Education—work session by presenting a district enrollment study showing a sustained decline and a projection the district will lose 172 students (4.7%) by 2033, with the bulk of the decline concentrated in the high school grades.
The superintendent said enrollment losses over the past decade reflect shifting birthrates, housing turnover and nonpublic-school factors and noted grade-by-grade projections that show the high school could lose about 148 students (11.2%) while elementary and middle grades decline less sharply. "Fifth grade is young to be in a middle school," the superintendent said, arguing the district should prioritize a developmental model for fifth…
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