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Board flags declining enrollment, discusses risks of school consolidation
Summary
Trustees at the May 4 Colton Joint Unified governance workshop raised statewide falling enrollment and cited Sycamore Hills' drop from about 1,100 to 500 students as an example; the board discussed the political, communication and equity challenges of closures and the need for proactive planning.
During the May 4 governance workshop, one trustee raised declining enrollment as a pressing operational and political risk and used Sycamore Hills Elementary as a local example.
"We're facing the issue that probably every district in California is facing, and that's declining enrollment," a trustee said, noting that Sycamore Hills had fallen from…
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