I've heard from a few folks that they've seen the enrollment declines in Bellevue are skewed heavily towards earlier grades. I dove in to see if I could detect and then illustrate this trend. I also took a look at our budgets going back to 2015 to see how spending per student has trended, and how it would look if spending growth tracked CPI.
Someone at our town hall noted: In 2016 (2014?) we had almost near identical enrollment as today. And yet in the meantime, the district added just one school, yet now it seeks to close 3. What has change since 2016 that i) the district can afford 2 less schools than it could in 2016 with the same enrollment, ii) we spend more in real terms after inflation.
Someone at our town hall noted: In 2016 (2014?) we had almost near identical enrollment as today. And yet in the meantime, the district added just one school, yet now it seeks to close 3. What has change since 2016 that i) the district can afford 2 less schools than it could in 2016 with the same enrollment, ii) we spend more in real terms after inflation.