Declining Enrollment

[Chris_Wendt]

The US Birth Rate hit an all-time record low in 2011 at 12.7 births per 1,000 people. This was reflected in a 4% decline in the number of births recorded, 3,953,593, down 4% from 4,131,019 in 2009.

This will have serious economic implications in the future.

As a frame of reference, children born in 2011 will graduate from high school as the Class of 2029.

Read the source material at: Hyperlink to MedPageToday.com

Chris Wendt

[Chris_Wendt]

Newsday cites declining enrollment as an Island-wide phenomenon, and not something that is going to reverse itself anytime soon.

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Wantagh should very seriously consider implementing full-day kindergarten to buffer against the effects of continued declining enrollment, which eventually could result in having to close one of the elementary schools in several years.

Read my blog on Patch about this subject.

Regards,


Chris Wendt