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Preston County Schools reports loss of 283 students; administration warns of about 38 teacher cuts
Summary
Personnel director Angie Varner told the Preston County Board of Education that the district lost an estimated 283 students since last year’s count and may need to eliminate roughly 38 professional and seven service positions unless enrollment stabilizes. The board asked administration for a five‑year fiscal forecast.
Angie Varner, Preston County Schools’ personnel official, told the board on Jan. 12 that the district recorded a net loss of 283 students between the two annual state counts and related enrollment activity, a decline she said is equivalent to the size of Central Preston School.
"We truly lost a total of 283 students that should have been enrolled in Preston County schools this school year," Varner said, adding that the shortfall will force staffing reductions unless numbers rebound.
Varner said the drop reflected transfers, increases in homeschool and HOPE scholarship enrollments, and charter‑school shifts. She told the board those…
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