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Somerset outlines enrollment decline, open-enrollment loss and strategies to retain students
Summary
The district reported 142 open-enrollment students in and 159 out for the 2024'25 third-Friday count, an estimated net open-enrollment fiscal gap of about $140,000, and proposed strategies including a demographic study, a more flexible virtual program and targeted marketing to attract families.
District administrators presented detailed enrollment data and proposed short- and medium-term strategies to stabilize and grow student counts.
Using the September third-Friday count, staff said Somerset had 142 students open-enrolling into the district and 159 open-enrolling out. Administrators estimated an approximate net fiscal deficit from open enrollment of about $140,000 for 2024'25 when calculating tuition flows and IEP-related adjustments. They noted that 119 of the 159 students who…
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