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Ann Arbor Public Schools Enrollment Gains Big, But Below Target

Ann Arbor Public Schools
Andrew Cluley
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89.1 WEMU

Ann Arbor Public Schools have fallen a bit short of their target of adding 400 new students this year.  But, student increases may have come from the right places to keep the budget balanced.

Ann Arbor Public Schools had the biggest jump in enrollment in a decade, yet are 34 students short of their goal. Despite missing the target, SuperintendentJeaniceSwift expects the budget to be all right. That's because the district did a good job of attracting in-district students and they bring more per-pupil funding than schools of choice students. "We had 225 students from charter, private, and home school within Ann Arbor Public Schools choose us," Swift says.

Swift plans to continue program enhancement efforts to attract more students. She says this year in particular they will be focusing on expanding options at the middle school and high school level.

The official count to be submitted to the state will be completed in November. 

Like 89.1 WEMU on Facebook and follow us on Twitter— Andrew Cluley is the Ann Arbor beat reporter, and anchor for 89.1 WEMU News. Contact him at734.487.3363 or email him acluley@emich.edu.   
 

Like many, I first came to this area when I started school at the University of Michigan, then fell in love with the community and haven’t left. After graduating from U of M in the mid 1990’s I interned at WDET for several years, while also working a variety of jobs in Ann Arbor. Then in 1999 I joined the WEMU news team.
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