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Consultant projects modest enrollment decline; board weighs citizen task force and financial scenarios
Summary
A consultant study presented to the Shorewood School District projects a resident-enrollment decline of about 90 students by 2040 and shows substantial excess building capacity; the board discussed forming a citizen task force to evaluate school configurations and the financial implications tied to an operating referendum.
Consultant Mark Roffers told the Shorewood School District board on Sept. 24 that the district's resident enrollment is projected to decline by about 90 students by 2040.
"So we are projecting, in terms of total enrollment in the district, decrease of about 90, students," Roffers said during a presentation that modeled births, housing changes and student-per-housing-unit yields across 34 neighborhood zones.
Roffers explained the methodology behind the projections: neighborhood-level student-per-unit ratios derived from district records, anticipated housing growth vetted with the village planner, and an assumption that open-enrollment flows remain constant. He said single-family home sales yield the highest student generation (roughly one…
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