Pre-K student enrollment drops during COVID-19 pandemic
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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 1,548.
In Aldine ISD, enrollment in Oct. 2019 was 4,124 and in Oct. 2020, it dropped to 2,777. The district s current enrollment is 2,939.