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Newberg board hears boundary committee recommendation: pursue local option levy or restructure to address falling enrollment
Summary
Superintendent Dave and a 50‑plus person boundary committee presented options to address an 18.86% enrollment decline since 2019, recommending either a local option levy or a package of restructures (including making Edwards a dual‑language magnet and potential closure of Ewing Young) projected to save about $2.1 million.
Superintendent Dave presented a boundary committee report on Jan. 13, telling the Newberg School District board the district faces a structural problem: shrinking and uneven elementary grade‑level cohorts that create unstable class sizes.
The committee, convened in October and involving more than 50 parents, teachers and administrators, modeled multiple configurations and recommended the board consider a local option levy or a combined restructuring package to restore financial stability. "Waiting is just going to make this problem harder," Dave said during the presentation.
Why it matters: the district reported an 18.86% loss of students since 2019 and cited falling birth rates statewide; small cohorts mean some elementary grades have only two…
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