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Board hears enrollment update as TK rises and state TK funding uncertainty looms; interlocal talks continue on skill center

Meridian School District school board · September 26, 2024
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District staff reported mixed enrollment shifts—transitional kindergarten up while other areas dipped—and warned state TK funding may be uncertain later in the year; the board also reviewed interlocal agreements and early steps to host a regional skill center with Mount Vernon and NCTA partners.

A district finance presenter told the board that September enrollment showed some shifts from the budgeted projections: "Transitional kindergarten is up 8 enrollment," the presenter said, while other program counts were down in places. Staff said they are watching TK funding closely because state projections show the program could exhaust available funds by March, creating uncertainty for second-half funding and complicating decisions about…

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