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Staff says district has capacity though formulaic 'sardine can' numbers are misleading
Summary
Staff presented the annual enrollment and capacity report, cautioning that formulaic capacity calculations assume maximum classroom packing and do not reflect comfortable or practical capacity at Novato and San Marin high schools.
District staff presented the annual enrollment and capacity report and explained how formulaic capacity numbers can be misleading. The presenter said the calculation can produce what he called a "sardine can number," meaning it counts every classroom as filled to extreme levels and is not a comfortable or realistic target: "That is not a number we would ever wanna be at," the staff presenter said.
The report noted elementary and middle schools are close to projection estimates while high‑school projections show changes; staff said Novato High's comfortable capacity differs from the formulaic output and described how FTE and staffing levels factor into site capacities. Trustees asked clarifying questions about current FTE versus planned staffing and how that affects the reported numbers.
