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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On this note, are there school-by-school stats on changes of enrollment from 2019/20 to 2020/21?[/quote]

Not sure if this year's stats are audited yet, but also the enrollment figures will be as of early October 2020, so it won't include all the people who have pulled out since then.[/quote]

Here's the prelim info:

[i]Enrollment at DC Public Schools (DCPS) decreased from 51,037 students in the 2019-20 school year to 49,958 students in the 2020-21 school year, a 2.11 percent decrease compared to final, audited numbers released in early 2020. Enrollment at DC’s public charter schools increased from 43,518 students in the 2019-20 school year to 44,100 students in the 2020-19 school year, a 1.34 percent increase over final, audited numbers for last school year released in early 2020.[/i]

Doesn't sound like much of a drop overall.

https://osse.dc.gov/release/bowser-administration-releases-preliminary-dc-enrollment-numbers-2020-21-school-year#:~:text=Enrollment%20at%20DC%20Public%20Schools,numbers%20released%20in%20early%202020.[/quote]

[b]This is the biggest drop in more than a decade. [/b]And if schools don't fully reopen this fall, the decline will accelerate. DC is increasingly becoming an outlier when it comes to school openings. We are way behind even other heavily Democratic areas. [/quote]

Do you think this is on the radar screen at all in city hall? Because I would think the reaction would be: Good - we can cut costs.[/quote]

The people who leave are going to be disproportionately rich, and they pay the lion's share of taxes. If they sell their homes, it will depress housing prices, which also means lower property taxes. Fewer students in DC schools equals less money from the Department of Education. And just because you have fewer students, doesn't mean you can cut school staffs. It's very difficult politically. Shoot, we can't even lay off teachers when schools have been closed for a year. [/quote]

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