But can you imagine what the detractors
said about enrollment the first year?
Not exact matches
Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Eric Hargan hasn't
said anything
about open
enrollment at all on his Twitter account during the signup period, which began on November 1.
About 25 students attend the Torah Academy, and Zehnwirth
said they are hoping to increase
enrollment.
Meyer
said the board would like to have a better idea
about enrollment by August.
The reporter
said since the
enrollment exercises across the country Monday, parents in the Region continue to lament
about monies charged from them.
«It's a 2 - 1 Democratic county,» Christopher Grant, a Republican political consultant
said, referencing the 130,000 Democratic voter
enrollment advantage over Republicans in Erie County when asked
about Howard's campaign spending.
The
enrollment breakdown in the first Assembly District is just
about even between Republicans and Democrats, he
said.
«This is the most energized and enthusiastic I've seen the party in decades,»
said Nassau Republican Party chairman Joseph Mondello, who attributed the
enrollment surge to excitement
about Trump, the GOP front - runner.
«After we had been able to confirm the
enrollment numbers based on the signed list that the individual schools submitted to the secretariat, we have now come to the conclusion that
about [264] schools had some arrears to be paid to cover for the first term,» Mrs. Gyan Kwakye
said.
Enrollment districtwide increased by
about 1,500 students last school year with a majority in need of English language services, Hempstead officials have
said.
The Hempstead school board Monday night voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit,
about $ 2 million of which officials
said is tied to increased
enrollment in local charter schools.
«If you think
about it, we're down eight - to - one in
enrollment in the City of Buffalo and down two - to - one County - wide,»
said Mychajliw.
The Hempstead school board voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit,
about $ 2 million of which officials
said is tied to increased
enrollment in local charter schools.
U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services officials
said the purpose of the visit was to check facts
about the
enrollment of the publicly unidentified student at PS 58, and staffers in the building confirmed to agents that the student did not attend the school.
Some taxpayer activists
say districts should be thinking
about how to cut expenses rather than raise them, pointing to a general decline in student
enrollments.
In New York City, from January 2008 to August 2009, food stamp
enrollment increased by 354,000, or
about 30 percent, the largest jump since the 1970s, city Comptroller William Thompson's office
said.
It is noteworthy that the much - cited data on student
enrollment and degrees, the supply side of the equation,
say nothing
about the demand for scientific talent.
The findings indicate that physicians and health agencies play an important role in identifying children who could benefit from early intervention services and referring them to the appropriate programs, but the finding is only one piece of a larger puzzle
about low
enrollment, MacDonald
said.
But the system is anticipating an
enrollment increase of
about 30,000 students over five years, so that in itself will require larger classes and more teachers, Buckney
said.
Cerf
said decisions
about how many students are allowed in a school are separate from the universal
enrollment system.
Mr. Klein
said in an interview that he was not discouraged by New York City's performance on the 2010 state tests, and that he still felt «awfully good»
about improvements for black and Hispanic students, noting their rising graduation rates and college
enrollments.
After January — a time when
enrollment usually slowed down —
about 100 students asked to transfer into Marshall,
says Matt Olson, the school's programmer.
Florida was one of the states leading the nation in charter school
enrollment growth, adding
about 23,500 new charter school students this year, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
said.
«I think sometimes the charter, non-charter divide gets overblown in the media,» Tuck
said, noting that students in charter schools represent only
about a 10th of the state's public school
enrollment.
When asked
about public school choice and how he will address the growth of charter schools and declining
enrollment in the district, he
said that his own parents had the choice to be in a community that provided the best options for their children.
Caprice Young, founder of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) and CEO of Magnolia Public Schools: «If I did a Lexus Nexus Google search of every abuse at every school district in the state of California, the list would be
about 40 times that long... What I would
say in response to (the ACLU report) is that charters are required to have their entire
enrollment procedure approved by whoever their authorizer happens to be.
The pro-privatization LA School Report (LASR) spun a school board committee meeting last month to
say that just
about everybody in LAUSD wants charter schools to be included in a universal
enrollment system.
Officials at the STEM - focused K - 5 school
said there is a preliminary
enrollment of 625 students though school leaders initially anticipated serving
about 400 pupils from a county - wide attendance zone.
Lee, the N.C. Central University education dean,
says the negative attention
about North Carolina ranking near the bottom in teacher pay has been one factor keeping
enrollment down.
The school has until July 5 to request a hearing over the board's decision, which school board members
said was related to concerns
about low
enrollment and poor academic outcomes for students.
Spokesman Phil Kavits
said the district saw
enrollment growth slow last year, and he anticipates
about 87,000 students.
«So, I don't know
about a tipping point, but clearly, they are getting back to the point where they are going to have to look at reductions in their teaching workforce, if nothing else changes, and depending on what happens with
enrollment, that could be very problematic,» he
says.
«The program cost
about $ 50 per school and it increased
enrollment by roughly 12 students in the typical primary school for girls,» Dee
said.
Lack of details
about the way the plan will work led the board of the Robert Treat Academy to decide to continue its own
enrollment process rather than join the group, a spokesman for the school
said in a statement.
At Tuesday's meeting, L.A. Unified's Charter School Division chief José Cole - Gutiérrez
said the district had fundamental questions
about WISH's operations,
saying the operator — which currently runs charter elementary and a middle schools — has had troubles meeting
enrollment goals and maintaining strong finances.
Rodriguez
said each candidate for superintendent was asked during interviews
about how he or she would deal with declining
enrollment and the charter sector.
He
said that at a certain point, SAISD would have to engage in a long - term conversation
about joining with other districts serving lower - income students that also are seeing
enrollment declines.
«For many colleges, admissions and financial aid are
about revenue maximization and
enrollment management first, and education second,» Dannenberg
said.
While many colleges and universities
say that graduates of redesigned high schools will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process, 66 family concerns
about college admissions might inhibit
enrollment in new high schools that use competency - based approaches.67 At least one state, Utah, has passed legislative language with the intent to bar public institutions of higher education from treating graduates of competency - based high schools unfairly during the admissions process.68 As new issues and challenges emerge, states will need to remain vigilant and creative
about how to best encourage and enable innovative high school designs.
«Families are beginning to see all we have to offer,» Nelson
said about the steadily increasing
enrollment.
Parent activist Megan Wolf, who testified
about the bill during the Oct. 3 hearing at the State House,
said the filing of the new
enrollment policy took many by surprise and occurs while the public remains largely in the dark on details such as how the proposed unified
enrollment process would work — including its impact on school choice, equitable access and the BPS budget.
«The other thing we need to be aware of, when we're speaking
about concurrent
enrollment, is just that it's not a magic bullet,» Pour
says.
«
Enrollment at HOPE's grade schools has grown by
about 30 percent each year for the past four years, from roughly 245 students in 2007 - 2008 to 700 students in 2011 - 2012,»
said Wendy Greenfield, HOPE's vice president of development and communications.