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Schools Plan for Fewer Desks as Deportations Deepen the Decline
· New York time
Public school enrollment was already expected to fall by 2 million students by 2030 because of low birth rates. Education experts say deportations of immigrant families, many with school-age children, are making the decline worse. Districts that plan staffing and budgets around enrollment must contend with both a long-term demographic trend and the effects of immigration enforcement. A debate about keeping schools strong can therefore collide with policies that reduce the number of children in classrooms. The empty desk is not much of a budget strategy, however neatly it fits into a forecast.
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