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Grade School Enrollment Randolph Elementary School (RES) board members were told Oct. 4 that there has been an unanticipated drop in RES student numbers. According to Matt Poirier, chair, enrollment now stands at about 305, about 20 fewer students than had been projected. The board wanted to know if students were leaving for particular reasons, so it could "address" those issues, Poirier explained. However, administrators said there was nothing specific they could pinpoint, other than the fact that a number of families moved out of town. Fewer students will mean less state aid, since those funds are distributed on a per-pupil basis. Poirier noted, however, that RES will be protected from a big drop in funds, since enrollments are based on three-year averages. ‘Policy Governance’ And, like the other boards in the district, the RES board is looking at adopting "policy governance" as a basis for how it runs the school, Poirier said. In essence, he explained, policy governance keeps boards "looking at the big issues" and doing "less drilling down into micro-management" of school administrators. The next meeting of the Randolph Elementary School Board will be Thursday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., at the school. ____________ |
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