Elementary school enrollment shrinking across LI, data show
Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Donna Villez teaches her second grade class about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln at the Oquenock Elementary School in West Islip. (March 1, 2013)
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More than 70 percent of Long Island's public school districts show declines in elementary school enrollment in the last six years, according to a Newsday data analysis. The trend shows no signs of slowing, experts said.
Falling enrollment is an added complication for districts struggling with rising personnel costs, higher pension payments, unfunded program mandates from the federal and state...
