DNUSD Attendance, Enrollment Drops; Official Says Million Dollar Cliff Looms In 2022-23 If Numbers Don t Improve
Fewer students are enrolled in Del Norte Unified Schools this year due to the pandemic. File photo: Andrew Goff
Local education officials walked back on a letter and phone call sent to parents last weekend regarding attendance apologizing for any anxiety they may have caused.
But, though Del Norte Unified School District’s second notice to families refuted claims that this year’s state funding allocation is tied to attendance, enrollment for the 2020-21 school year is down by 226 students. DNUSD could lose roughly $1 million if enrollment doesn’t return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022-23 when the state’s funding allocation returns to the average daily attendance model, Assistant Superintendent Jeff Napier told the