Indiana

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Northeastern Public Schools Compete For Enrollment

    For the smaller southern district, recruiting students is necessary.

    Northern Wells Community Schools Superintendent Scott Mills said he is not sure all the competition between the state’s school districts is a good thing.

    And in the few years since students have been allowed to transfer to districts outside of their own, Mills sees tension growing between neighboring districts.

    Indiana’s Department of Education released enrollment numbers last week showing competition for students between districts is heating up. Fort Wayne Community Schools spokeswoman Krista Stockman said some of what the data showed was expected. “We were not surprised that they are going to East Allen,” Stockman said.

    Read more at: wboi.org

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