RE: School District Issues & Discussion

["Ron Force" <rforce@moscow.com>]

I believe what the table says is that 20.3% of the total county population
is under 18. No trend is given for that statistic.

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Ron Force	      	  rforce@moscow.com
Moscow Idaho USA
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> Mike,
>
> This makes no sense to me.
>
> If you look at the Census Bureau's data
> (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/16/16057.html), you will see
> that the number of children here *under 18* has _increased_ by 20.3% in
> the last 10 years.
>
> Yet MSD states the following at:
> http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/GeneralInformation/files/movement.pdf
>
> "Enrollment in the Moscow School District has declined by 357 students
> during the past five years."
>
> How can the school-aged population increate by 20.3% and yet MSD lose
> 15.1% of their students?
>
>