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Superintendent reports net enrollment roughly flat but Opportunity Center up to 90 students
Summary
Superintendent Drew said district enrollment is 'up about 60, 65 kids' year‑over‑year but net change is small after interdistrict transfers and homeschool/online exits; the Cascade Opportunity Center enrollment rose from 82 to about 90 students.
Superintendent Drew updated the board on enrollment patterns across the district and the Opportunity Center, which he said increased from 82 to about 90 students this year. "We're up about 60, 65 kids from this time last year," Drew said, then explained the district also lost students to other districts, homeschool and online options and that net change is modest.
Board members pressed whether Opportunity Center gains were in‑district transfers or incoming students; staff clarified most students moving into the Opportunity Center transferred from other Cascade schools and that direct transfers into the center from other districts are rare. Drew and staff said Olmsville High and the Opportunity Center are the areas with the most notable increases and described the Opportunity Center as a credit‑recovery pathway rather than an intake for out‑of‑district students.
