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Lincoln Public Schools hears warning on falling kindergarten enrollments; several elementary schools over capacity
Summary
District staff told the board April 14 that kindergarten enrollment has declined in line with Lancaster County and national birth-rate trends and recommended monitoring several elementary schools that are over 100% utilization without portables, with boundary review and continued cohort-based projections planned.
Liz, a district planning presenter, told the Lincoln Public Schools Board on April 14 that kindergarten enrollment is "always a question mark" and that the district's cohort-based projections show a small decline in total enrollment "from just over 40,000 to just over 39,000." She said the trend mirrors birth-rate and migration patterns for Lancaster County and the city, not a district-specific anomaly.
The presentation identified Brownell, Kahoots, Kooser and Lakeview elementary schools as operating above 100% utilization…
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