Enrollment drops at Redford Union, South Redford schools

Preliminary numbers for Wednesday's Count Day indicate another year of decreased enrollment for Redford Union Schools.

Supt. Ron Stoneman said while the district is still analyzing numbers, Redford Union's preliminary enrollment was 2,913 students Wednesday, the official fall count day for the State of Michigan.

That number is lower than last year's official enrollment of 3,000 students and the reduction is equal to 2.9 percent of total enrollment.

Stoneman said the district is still looking to count additional students even though count day was last week, and that figure would most likely change. He said the district has a time period to report additional students before the next count day in February.

?If they haven't attended yet, we still have a period of days for them to be counted,? he said.

Enrollment at RU Schools has decreased every year since 2005, when enrollment was at 4,633.

Stoneman said the district saw increased enrollment numbers at MacGowan Elementary, and decreased enrollment at Redford Union High School this year. Some parents have complained about open enrollment and others about a new dress code this year. Open Enrollment is for lower grades so it doesn't explain the loss of the students at the high school.

Wednesday's count is used to determine 90 percent of funding for schools in the 2012-13 school year. The other funding is determined through another count day in February.

South Redford

The fall count for South Redford schools was 3,282, down from 3,305 students at this time last year. The drop of 23 students is less than 1 percent of total enrollment.

Included in that count is 61 K-2 choice students. Last year, South Redford had 30 K-2 Choice students enrolled in the district.

South Redford Supt. Brian Galdes said that the district projected enrollment at 3,275 students for this year, so South Redford won't have any budgetary concerns as the district has seven more students than anticipated.

Source: http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20121007/NEWS16/210070425/1033/rss21

jerome simpson hand sanitizer obama on jimmy fallon google drive apple stock pilar sanders andrew young