Dallas schools started classes with more students than expected this year, which leaders say is the first time in nearly a decade that enrollment has trended up.
DISD officials projected 137,500 students would enroll in the city’s schools this year. But about two weeks in, Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde reported that they’d blown past estimates with more than 139,000 children.
Administrators expect the figure to rise through September. But as of Aug. 22, when Elizalde updated trustees during their monthly meeting, enrollment stood well above this time last year.
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