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Consultant: Avon Grove enrollment showing long‑term decline; 93 students projected from near‑term housing, capacity manageable for five years
Summary
A consultant told the Avon Grove School District Committee of the Whole that two decades of gradual enrollment decline continue but 458 planned housing units will add about 93 students districtwide; buildings have room if the district reassigns some specialized spaces back to regular classrooms, the consultant said.
Fred Witham of Crabtree, Roerbaugh & Associates presented the district’s final enrollment, staffing and facility capacity update, telling the Committee of the Whole that Avon Grove has experienced a slow two‑decade decline in enrollment but that recent housing and demographic details moderate near‑term forecasts.
Witham said the district’s townships reported 458 new residential units planned countywide; when consultants applied grade‑level yields to the phased build‑out, the housing adds an estimated 93 students overall —…
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