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Pre-K student enrollment drops during COVID-19 pandemic Share: HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Some of the littlest learners are missing from classrooms across the Houston area as districts see drastic drops in enrollment numbers. "It's obviously a direct result of the pandemic," said Ibrahim Firat, chief educational consultant at Firat Education. "Let's face it, we are talking about 2 to 5-year-olds whose attention spans are relatively short." Spring Branch ISD officials report their pre-K enrollment in Sept. 2019 at 2,004 students and in Sept. 2020 at 1,281. The district's current enrollment is 1,...