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Board presses staff on enrollment drop and whether concurrency payments should be returned to developers
Summary
Board members probed staff about a projected decline of roughly 3,355 students next year and a multi‑year drop of about 10,000 students, and asked whether existing concurrency mitigation agreement (CMA) funds collected from earlier contracts should be refunded to developers or redirected when local seats are available.
During the May 5 work session, board members pressed facilities and planning staff on updated enrollment projections and the use of concurrency mitigation agreement (CMA) funds collected from developers under pre‑2019 contracts.
Jess Lambert summarized the district’s reforecasting: staff now expect a decline of roughly 3,355 full‑time equivalent students next year and project a larger five‑year decline of about 10,000 students. That revised forecast pushed several recommended relief schools off the 10‑year horizon; only two relief elementary schools in the Apopka area are currently recommended to open within the next decade.
Member Gallo asked whether CMAs collected from a large development known as the Grove (and other…
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