9 & 10 News January 18, 2021 Data from the state’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference shows an enrollment drop projected to continue. New numbers from the state show public school enrollment projected to drop by 11,951 students in the state’s current fiscal year, 14,600 in the next, but only 8,500 the year after that. “You don’t lose 14 out of 1st grade, you lose 3 out of Kindergarten, 6 out of 5th grade, 2 out of 7th grade 9 out of 8th grade and so you can’t budgetary adjust for that,” said Roger Cole, Superintendent of Morley Stanwood Schools. And the budget is where the enrollment decline hits first and sometimes the hardest.