Enrollment Projections and School Construction
by pwceducationreform
Nothing gets parents hot an bothered more than overcrowded schools, boundary changes, and new school construction. When coupled with accusations of preferential treatment in one end of the county and allegations of paybacks, discussions about school overcrowding, transfers, and construction are bound to engender controversy.
On November 20th the school division will host a work session on enrollment projections and school construction. The work session will follow the regular school board meeting and will be open to the public, though the public will not be able to ask questions.
The Office of Planning has provided a presentation of materials to aide in the discussion, which you can find on the PWCS web site (go to the PWCS web site, click on the tab for Leadership, then School Board, then Electronic School Board. When the page is launched, click on the tiny Agenda List link on the right hand side of the page, then click on the link for the November 20 2012 Work Session. Finally, clink on the EnrollmentForecasts_WorkSessionNov20.pdf file that is linked to that page. You can also click on the link here, but I really wanted you to see the path needed to actually find this information).
Planning for growth in student membership is hard because you’re trying to predict something that’s pretty much unknown. In terms of changes in student population growth, no one predicted the huge increases from 2000 – 2007 and no one expected that the bust and significantly lower student population growth we’re currently seeing. The
