As district launches bond campaign, Austin ISD's Enrollment Declines further....

And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
Revelation 14:8

But they TOTALLY need another billion dollars:

Preliminary enrollment numbers show more than a 1,600-student drop in the Austin district, which would be the biggest loss of students in a single year since the district’s attendance peaked in 2012.

There is time for a rebound. Unofficial student enrollment numbers taken from the third week of school show enrollment at 81,427, down 1,640 students from last year. But enrollment from the same day last year shows a smaller decline of 1,176 students.

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The 2017-18 school year losses would mark the fifth consecutive drop and the district’s lowest point in more than a decade. Two years ago, Austin lost its position among the top five largest districts in the state.

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