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Fridley superintendent frames SOD recovery strategy after ICE-related enrollment dip; district posts 90% graduation rate
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Brenda Lewis reviewed a 10-year enrollment trend, warned the district lost students following the ICE Metro Surge and said maintaining the October 1 ADM count is the SOD plan’s central aim. Dr. Cochran reported a 90% four-year graduation rate for the class of 2025 and a 94.7% rate at Fridley High School.
Superintendent Dr. Brenda Lewis told the Fridley Public Schools board on April 7 that enrollment is the district's main driver of revenue and that an "ICE Metro Surge" had reduced the district's student count relative to budgeted expectations. The superintendent urged recruitment, retention and program expansion to recover the October 1, 2025 ADM count that underpins state funding calculations.
"One of the biggest drivers obviously in public education budgets is really enrollment," Lewis said, reviewing a…
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