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Denver Public Schools enrollment losses outpace school closures
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Enrollment losses in Denver now outpace what school closures alone can address. Denver Public Schools (DPS) Superintendent Alex Marrero is expected to present an update on the district’s enrollment to the board at its meeting this Thursday. During an October count, the district reported an enrollment decline of roughly 1,200 students and about $18 million…
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Denver school district reporting enrollment decline
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Denver Public Schools officials reported Monday that the district has 1,200 fewer students this year that last — resuming a downward trend temporarily buoyed by new immigrant students the past two years. The official enrollment count is not until Wednesday. “The scale of decline was steeper than we expected,” said Andrew Huber, the district’s executive…
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Denver Public Schools recommends three schools for closure
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Superintendent Alex Marrero will recommend shuttering three Denver Public Schools at the end of the academic year because of declining enrollment when the Board of Education meets Thursday. The three proposed schools – Denver Discovery, Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy and Fairview Elementary – were singled out at the last board meeting. District officials had…
