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Muncie Community Schools Could Lose 500 Students

    Warrner wants district officials to find out how many of those students left for another district or are now being home-schooled. That would determine any reporting errors.

    MCS Superintendent Steven Baule also pointed out these numbers do not include any foreign exchange students, as they have not arrived yet.

    After many months making statewide news because of financial troubles, Muncie Community Schools has lost nearly five hundred students, according to preliminary enrollment numbers. IPR’s Tony Sandleben reports. https://indianapublicradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MCS-Preliminary-Enrollment-Down-500.mp3 A report shared with Muncie Community Schools board members on Tuesday night shows the district has 5,076 students.

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