Early Figures Indicate Enrollment Increase

With a preliminary count of students in the seats taken on August 28, 2009, the Newell-Fonda enrollment shows an increase of nearly 15 students.  October 1, 2009 is the critical date for Certified Enrollment, which represents a different number than students in the seats.  Students in the seat almost always equates to a larger Certified Enrollment.  Certified Enrollment is the official count that is used in the funding formula used by the Department of Management.

In addition, August 31, 2009 is the first day of preschool and we have an above average number of 4 year olds in our preschool.  At one point this summer we had over 50 in our early childhood classes which included 9 transitional kindergarten (TK) students.  Official enrollment numbers will be posted after October 1st.

This is a great year to have a large number of preschool students since Newell-Fonda was awarded the 4-year-old preschool grant.  We received funding this year in the form of a grant and will count these students in a special count weighted at .6.