Hudson consultants present enrollment forecast showing roughly 1,000 empty elementary seats; board plans community engagement

Hudson — Consultants from MGT told the Hudson School District board Monday that a multi-factor demographic and facility forecast shows the district is likely to face static or declining elementary enrollment over the next decade and roughly 1,000 empty elementary seats under current assumptions. The presentation combined four years of student geocoding, cohort mobility analysis and housing-development scenarios to produce facility-planning options.

MGT lead analyst Lauren (MGT consultant) said the study uses resident-student counts, capacity measures and American Community Survey and state birth data to model multiple scenarios. “There’s 1000 empty seats right now in the schools elementary school system based off the school capacity for 0 through 5,” Lauren said, summarizing the firm’s snapshot of current utilization and why the firm…