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There has been a great deal of hyperbole and (mis)information about enrollment in the Hoboken Public School District. Here are some actual numbers taken from the annual Application for School State Aid (ASSA) Report also known as the "October 15th" report since all districts in NJ use this mechanism to report on official student enrollment.
ACTUAL ENROLLMENT HOBOKEN DISTRICT
ASSA REPORT: Fall 2022: 2303 K-12 + 851 PreK [total includes 160 Choice students];ASSA REPORT: Fall 2023: 2588 K-12 + 933 PreK [total includes 164 Choice students]
Watching the video of a recent BOE meeting (youtube.com/watch?v=vCxwPk), Christine Johnson's claims for a proposed 24.3% increase in the 2024-25 budget include: new staff; compensation for existing staff; "appreciation" money for the staff's response to the pandemic; vague "structural repairs" to the buildings; exhaustion of $5.8 million COVID money.
