Enrollment in RI public schools is down by almost 4,000 students. Where have they gone?
Enrollment in RI public schools is down by almost 4,000 students. Where have they gone? Linda Borg, The Providence Journal © The Providence Journal, file Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green . The Providence Journal file PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island has almost 4,000 fewer students enrolled in the public schools than it did before the pandemic struck, the product of a swirl of uncertainty this fall about which schools would open their classrooms and general fears about the pandemic. Rhode Island has “lost” 2.59% of its public school studen...