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Mercer Island board reviews enrollment outlook, discusses new demographic study amid levy win
Summary
District staff told the board Feb. 12 that declining birth rates and Running Start funding rules are driving lower projected FTE; the board discussed commissioning a new demographic study (approx. $36,000) and scheduled a study session on enrollment and facility planning.
District staff told the Mercer Island School District board on Feb. 12 that declining birth rates and current funding formulas mean the district should expect lower student full‑time‑equivalent (FTE) counts over the next several years, and the board discussed hiring demographers to refine long‑range projections.
"Birth rates have been declining since 2016," said District staff (S3), summarizing statewide trends shown in the presentation. Staff said those trends create a stair‑step decline in incoming kindergarten cohorts and that the district’s preliminary FTE projection for the next year is about…
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