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Consultant: District enrollment down nearly 19% over decade; board urged to plan for smaller cohorts
Summary
A demographic study presented to the San Mateo‑Foster City School District shows a roughly 19% enrollment decline over the last decade driven by fewer local births and smaller kindergarten cohorts; consultants and staff told the board to use the projections to guide staffing and facilities planning.
Rob Murray of King Consulting told the board that the district is seeing a continuing decrease in total enrollment driven primarily by two factors: fewer local births and smaller incoming kindergarten cohorts. "This is about a 19% decrease over the last 10 years," Murray said, and he cautioned that residential development and expanded TK eligibility will only partially offset the trend.
Superintendent Ochoa and district staff framed the report as a planning tool, not an immediate staffing directive. Ochoa said the district will use the…
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