Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 3 · column 3 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved
average daily membership total for both schools as of September 5 stood at 1,129, two above the administration’s pre-school projection.
Under questioning from Newbill Miller, Dr. Bloomer acknowledged that ADM was down 20 to 25 from last year with the major discrepancy coming at the elementary school. “At the high school, there's not a great deal of difference,” he noted.
Miller also noted that counts by age in the 1980 census are lower for younger children. Totals show 45 oneyear-olds, 49 two-year-olds, 61 three-year-olds, 67 fouryear-olds, 67 five-year-olds, 90 six-year-olds, 69 sevenyear-olds, 88 eight-year-olds, 102 nine-year-olds, 106 10year-olds, 97 11-year-olds, 135 12-year-olds, 120 13year-olds, 118 14-year-olds, 128 15-year-olds, 146 16year-olds, 133 17-year-olds, 117 18-year-olds and 89 19year-olds.
In reply to more inquiries from Miller, Dr. Bloomer said that four of the five enumerators used in the magisterial districts were the same people who took the census count in 1977 and that the count then had proved to be "rather accurate.”
The superintendent noted, however, that generally, the number of five-year-olds entering school was larger than the same group counted as three-year-olds two years earlier.
94.4%