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Continued decline in Plano ISD student enrollment could result in future school closures

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The Plano Independent School District, long-considered a ‘destination district’ for quality education, is planning for its future while contending with declining student enrollment and under-utilized school buildings.

It’s not clear where students who left the district went, said Gardiner.

Gardiner says his research found similar situations facing school districts in Richardson, Round Rock and Spring, Texas. “It’s all driven by kindergarten,” testified Gardiner in February 2022. “We can look at the numbers over and over again but if we don’t get the kindergarten students, that’s kind of driving it.”

 

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