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Newberg SD 29J board weighs boundary changes and a possible local option levy as enrollment falls
Summary
Board presentations showed multi‑year enrollment declines and a district 'math problem' of multiple elementary schools with just two or fewer sections per grade; the boundary/structure committee is evaluating school-structure options and whether to pursue a five‑year local option levy for the May ballot.
The Newberg SD 29J Board on Dec. 9 heard a detailed update from the district’s boundary (now "structure") committee and staff on enrollment declines and possible steps to stabilize class sizes.
Superintendent Dave and committee staff said kindergarten cohorts are about 240–250 students while graduating classes are around 300, and that the district has lost roughly 1,000 students over six to eight years. That decline has left four elementary schools operating with two or fewer sections per grade, creating a budget and staffing problem the district described as a "math problem." The committee presented several structural models under consideration,…
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