Plymouth board authorizes MD Roffers enrollment study to guide long-term planning
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The Plymouth Joint School District board voted to hire MD Roffers for an enrollment and neighborhood modeling study to inform boundary, capacity and long-range facility planning; work would run June–September with findings presented in fall.
The Plymouth Joint School District Board of Education voted to approve a consulting proposal from MD Roffers to conduct an enrollment and neighborhood-level projection study intended to inform future facility and enrollment decisions.
Scott, who presented the proposal to the board, said the firm will gather extensive data and conduct interviews with local officials and developers. He told the board that staff had spoken with Sheboygan Falls officials and with a member of MD Roffers’ staff, Nick Johnson, who described the firm’s process and said the company reviews past forecasts annually to compare projections with actual enrollment and typically finds their projections within about 1 percentage point of actual results.
The board discussed scope and timing: the firm would divide the district into roughly 70 neighborhoods for modeling, consider open-enrollment flows and new development timelines and present findings in September or October. Scott said the firm would interview City of Plymouth planner Tim Blakesley and other local stakeholders as part of the data-gathering process.
A motion to approve the proposal was made and seconded; the board approved it by voice vote. The consultant’s work would begin in June and run approximately four months if the district executes a contract.
Board members raised several cautions during discussion. One member questioned the long-range horizon (reports out to 2040), and another asked whether the district could scale the project and receive prorated work or refunds if long-term modeling was not needed. Staff said the district could request modifications to the scope before contract execution. Scott also said the district intends to keep current school structures in place for 2026–27 while using the study to inform potential changes for later years.
Next steps: staff will negotiate and sign a contract consistent with the board’s direction and return results to the board in the fall.
