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Enrollment
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second day that had grown to 989. By Tuesday enrollment was at 992.
Twelve of these students, six in each school, were at Wakefield last year. Even without these students, the elementary school would have over 610 enrolled. That was the number Dr. Gangel suggested in 1988 would trigger the need to look at building plans.
Tuesday there were 627 students at the elementary school and 365 at the high school. In 1988 Dr. Gangel said the elementary school could hold 661 students without alterations, and the high school could hold 500. He estimated that alterations could add 25 students to the capacity of each school.
He selected 610 as the trigger number for the elementary school, because at the rate of 2 percent growth a year, the school would reach capacity in another four years.
Dr. Gangel showed the supervisors a table tracing enrollment since 1980. That year there were 1,162 students enrolled during the month of March, the month the state uses to determine funds for education. The chart showed enrollment declining between 1980 and 1987 to 917. In 1988 it was up to 937, but in 1989 it again dropped to 919. There were 921 enrolled in March 1990 and 945 in 1991.
95.6%