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Superintendent warns enrollment decline is driving multimillion-dollar revenue gap
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Zuniga presented enrollment data showing a multi-year decline and explained the district lost net students early in the year; directors said each ADA is worth roughly $20,201 and trustees asked for a financial memo to show drivers of a roughly $14 million year‑to‑year swing.
Superintendent Dr. Zuniga delivered a detailed presentation on district enrollment trends and funding implications, telling trustees the demographer-projected FY25–26 enrollment of 6,826 was lower than historic counts but the district was "actually over that number right now" based on current day-to-day counts. He traced contributing factors including lower birth rates, housing affordability and shifts in housing types and said preliminary counts showed a net loss of 22 students in the second week of school.
The director of fiscal services told trustees each average daily attendance (ADA) generates approximately $20,201 in state funding and that the decline in headcount is the primary driver of a roughly $14 million year-to-year decrease in projected revenue. Trustee Quy Nguyen pressed for a breakdown of budget drivers; the director agreed to prepare a board memo with public-source details and audited figures. Trustees emphasized attendance campaigns and early outreach to recapture students because per-ADA revenue is material to classroom staffing and programs.
