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Pojoaque Valley presents community survey and enrollment trends as budget inputs
Summary
Superintendent told the board the district received 134 budget‑priority survey responses; the 80th/0.05 day enrollment average used in projections was 1,434 students, and the district noted enrollment declines that shaped staffing decisions.
Superintendent Chanel Segura told the board the district collected 134 responses to a community budget-priority survey and used those responses to help prioritize investments, with hiring more teachers, academic intervention, and reducing class size emerging as top choices. Segura acknowledged the response rate (about 7% of students/families) and board members questioned outreach and whether the sample skewed toward high‑school respondents.
Segura and Ortiz walked through the district's enrollment reporting approach (40th, 80th, 120th and 0.05 day counts) and said their projected operational budget uses the average of the 80th and 0.05 day counts. The district reported an 80th/0.05 average used in calculations of about 1,434 students; Segura noted 5 fewer students in the calculation versus the prior year’s comparison and said the unit value increment was $240 this year.
Board members pressed for better communication about class-size statutory limits and the difference between elementary and secondary class-size patterns; staff agreed to include clearer messaging for families.
