Brighton Superintendent Says Enrollment Better Than ExpectedBrighton Superintendent Says Enrollment Better Than Expected

10/9/12 - The Brighton Board of Education at its meeting Monday night was told that the enrollment numbers are better than had been anticipated. The official numbers from last week’s fall enrollment count conducted to determine state aid aren’t yet available. However, Superintendent Greg Gray says the Brighton School District has about 6,100 students enrolled for the 2012-13 academic year, which exceeds earlier projections. That includes over 600 schools of choice students who have come from other school districts, which is about the same number as last year. In addition, Brighton is now operating a shared services program with mostly private and parochial schools in the area, which adds a portion of a student’s state aid value, for each child enrolled. Gray says nonetheless that the district is continuing to lose students, although the rate of enrollment decrease has dropped significantly. Brighton closed two schools a few years ago because of declining enrollment, but Gray says the decline in students is stabilizing and may even start to reverse itself in a few years. (JK)