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Board hears enrollment losses and expected state revenue hit as students move to charter and magnet schools
Summary
District staff reported more than 800 lost students in the most recent count, identified magnet waiting-list gaps and estimated about $4.5 million in state revenue loss tied to roughly 900 students leaving; staff flagged brick-and-mortar charter growth as the primary driver.
Superintendent Francis Touchette and the finance team told the board the district recorded an enrollment decline in the most recent October 1 count, with "800 plus" students lost versus the prior year and a net figure of 917 reported in one chart. The presentation said some of those students enrolled in brick-and-mortar charter schools and that in several cases district staff could not locate students in the parish system.
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