ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO CLIMB DURING SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL
Enrollment increases by nearly 8,000 students

St. Louis – Enrollment in the St. Louis Public Schools continued to climb during the second week of the 2006-2007 school year. Today, the district’s enrollment reached 31,539, or 92.4% of the projected enrollment.

“We’ve been working hard to contact students and their families to encourage all children to return to school,” said Dr. Diana Bourisaw, Interim Superintendent. “I believe we are seeing the results of our outreach with nearly 8,000 more students enrolling after the first day of school,” she said.

This was the first week of school for 1,300 early education students. As a result, the enrollment projections were increased to 34,133 over last week’s projections.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Please see attached enrollment chart.