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Superintendent: RSU 40 enrollment down about 1% per year; requests birth-rate and homeschool data
Summary
Superintendent Danny reported preliminary enrollment data showing a five‑year decline averaging about 1% per year and said he will bring additional birth‑rate and homeschool figures to the next meeting to help explain the trend.
Superintendent Danny told the RSU 40/MSAD 40 school board that preliminary fall enrollment data show an overall decline over the past five years and that, if the current trend holds, the district could lose roughly 1% of its student population annually over the coming decade.
"Overall, our total enrollment is has decreased over the past 5 years," Danny said, adding that the pattern appears to be about "1% per year each year." He told the board that the official October 1 counts used for state funding…
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