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Board reviews enrollment projection; Running Start funding shifts discussed
Summary
District budget planning will use a projected enrollment of about 2,627 for 2026–27, with a projected shortfall tied to a sunsetting cooperative agreement; staff warned Running Start dual-credit enrollments shift funding to Everett Community College and can reduce local classroom funding.
Marshall Cruz presented the district’s annual enrollment projections at the Feb. 25 board meeting, telling trustees the working budget figure for 2026–27 is about 2,627 students and that the projection reflects a roughly 50-student decline tied to the sunsetting of the Crossroads–Lake Stevens cooperative agreement.
"We like to do this every year and March just to kind of, run the board what we’re projecting," Cruz said, adding the figure is conservative and serves as a foundation for…
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