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Superintendent, principal warn of enrollment surge; board to form capacity committee
Summary
Superintendent Jackie Collins reported 3,454 students enrolled and 1,423 on the charter system waiting list, prompting board discussion and a recommendation to form a committee to study capacity options — portables, schedule changes, space reallocation, or new construction — ahead of projected large ninth‑grade cohorts.
Superintendent Jackie Collins told the Charter School Authority Governing Board on Jan. 13 that the charter system faces rising enrollment pressure: current enrollment stands at 3,454 students and the waiting list totals 1,423, with roughly 600 students waiting for OES alone.
Collins and Principal Corey said the system is retaining far more students than in previous years — retention of eighth graders improved from roughly 65% to about 90–95% — and described a projected “bubble” of incoming ninth graders (one cohort estimated at about 280…
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