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Board discusses steep Alliance enrollment decline and explores online options
Summary
Directors reviewed a sharp drop in Alliance enrollment and discussed surveying families, possible hybrid or catch‑all online offerings, and financial implications of lost enrollment; one comment cited what appeared to be a fall from roughly 368 to 150 students in the Alliance program.
Board members raised concern about enrollment trends in the Alliance online program, noting that several families have moved to other online options and that incoming transfer activity has increased. One director said records "appeared to drop from 3 81 68 to 1 50" (transcript phrasing); administrators agreed to run a parent survey to capture reasons and to compile comparative data from the ESD.
Directors discussed whether the district should offer its own online or hybrid option as a retention strategy and weighed fiscal tradeoffs: an internal online program would require up-front investment and a recruitment threshold to avoid shifting funds away from in-person classrooms. Administration proposed gathering data, auditing capacity and returning with financial scenarios before recommending a launch or pilot.
