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Superintendent reports unofficial enrollment: district 'serves more kids than 1,248' on FTE basis
Summary
The superintendent presented an unofficial enrollment update, explaining the district uses an FTE count of 1,248 for state funding but serves more students because some are partial FTEs (example: building-trades students from East Jordan at 0.333 FTE).
At the Sept. 14 meeting the superintendent presented an unofficial enrollment update and explained the district's student-count method for state funding, emphasizing that the posted number is an FTE total and may change on official count day.
The superintendent said the district "serves more kids than 1,248 this year" and explained partial FTEs for some students who attend shared programs: "If they come here for building trades from East Jordan, for example, you would get 0.333 of a student credit because they spend 2 hours with us out of 6." He cautioned the board that the numbers are unofficial until the state count day and that the district typically sees only small changes between preliminary and official counts.
Board members asked for grade-by-grade breakdowns and discussion included normal year-to-year student movement between schools; administration said the data packet on the board table has more detail and that formal count-day figures will determine final funding.
