Golden Valley Unified School District had 168 kindergarten grade students during 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education. Los Angeles Unified School District had the highest number of kindergarten grade students enrolled in California with 59,185.
According to numbers provided by the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see a decrease of three percent in public elementary and secondary school enrollment from 2017-2029. The state expected to see the largest drop in enrollment is New Mexico with a projected 12 percent decrease, while Washington D.C. is projected to see a 14 percent increase over the same time period.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday morning a new incentive plan he hopes will spur public schools, even those in the purple tier, to return to at least some form of in-person instruction by March 31.
The agreement sets aside $2 billion for schools that return to on-campus schooling for at least grades kindergarten through second grade by the end of the month. California can’t order schools to return to in-person instruction, but state officials can offer a lot of money to those that do.
What Monday s proclamation by Newsom means to the school districts in the desert depends on the school district.