Enrollment ‘blip’ considered as Decorah School Board develops budget

By Roz Weis,

The Decorah Community School District Board of Education members will be considering ways to balance its next annual budget, following a report that district enrollment dropped by more than 50 students during the past year. 

The Decorah School Board on Monday heard from Travis Squires, managing director of Des Moines public finance services with the firm Piper Sandler, regarding budgetary issues. District Superintendent Tim Cronin said the enrollment reduction was in part due to students in northern Winneshiek County opting to attend school in the Mabel-Canton District across the state line in Minnesota. Other students were said to have transitioned to private schools and online educational opportunities. Cronin is hopeful the “blip” in enrollment will be reversed in the years ahead.

Full article available in the January 16 Decorah Leader. 

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