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Laguna Beach board debates limited expansion of transfer eligibility to bolster shrinking high school
Summary
Faced with a decades-low enrollment trend, the Laguna Beach Unified School District discussed expanding interdistrict transfers—targeting children of partner-organization employees and possibly coaches—while trustees pressed for clear limits, cost analysis and an appeals strategy.
The Laguna Beach Unified School District continued a discussion on whether to expand interdistrict transfer eligibility to stabilize programs threatened by falling enrollment.
Superintendent Dr. Glass told the board that Laguna Beach High School currently enrolls about 818 students and that demographic trends — a city median age of roughly 52.5 and a birth rate well under the state average — point to a structural decline in enrollment over the coming decade. "Our revenue is not affected by that decline, but our programs could be," Dr. Glass said, urging a measured, data-driven response.
The staff proposal before trustees would modestly widen eligibility for interdistrict transfers to include children of employees…
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