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Superintendent flags 59‑student enrollment shortfall; charter school audit delayed
Summary
Superintendent Dr. West told the board the district is 59 students below budgeted enrollment projections and reviewed a charter-school compliance report showing a delayed fiscal audit (extension granted by the secretary of state); she said the shortfall does not affect the current year budget but could require reductions if it persists.
Superintendent Dr. West told the Forest Grove School District 15 board on Sept. 24 that the district is currently 59 students below its enrollment projections and outlined where those shortfalls are concentrated.
“We are 59 students below what we projected,” Dr. West said, citing building-level variances of CALP (-21), Echo Shaw (-17), Harvey Clark (-13), Kern Hill (-13) and Tomah Mall (-10). She cautioned that the present variance will not affect this year’s budget but that a persistent shortfall could require reductions in a future budget cycle.
Dr. West also reviewed the annual compliance report for the Forest Lake Community Charter School and said the charter is compliant in all areas except the completion of its annual fiscal audit. She said the delay was caused by the auditor and that the charter school filed for, and was granted, an extension by the secretary of state; the district is not treating the matter as a compliance or legal risk at this time.
The superintendent included other district news in her report: a teacher (Kayla Davidson, literacy specialist at Firm Hill) was recognized as regional teacher of the year and is a state finalist, and staff hosted a community meet-and-greet to discuss programs including the weekend backpack food program.
The board will continue to receive monthly enrollment and student-to-staff reports and will monitor whether the current variance persists into the budget‑planning season.
