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FORECAST IN JUST A BIT. THANK YOU DAVID. A PLAN TO OVERHAUL DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS CHANGING. THE DISTRICT ANNOUNCED IT’S REIMAGINING EDUCATION PLAN BACK IN JANUARY TO COMBAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT. STATE ENROLLMENT DATA SHOWS THAT SINCE 2017, MORE THAN 2000 STUDENTS LEFT THE DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND FOR EACH ONE THAT ENROLLS SOMEWHERE ELSE, THE DISTRICT LOSES AROUND $7,600. ����vlog’S PEPPER PIPER TELLS US WHAT THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS ARE HOPING TO DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AS DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS. ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE. A PLAN TO COMBAT IT IS SHIFTING. THESE INVESTMENTS REPRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT ONLY RETAIN, BUT TO RECRUIT NEW STUDENTS TO DES MOINES. ON WEDNESDAY, THE DISTRICT SAID IT BEGAN COLLECTING SIGNATURES FOR A $265 MILLION BOND TO OVERHAUL THE DISTRICT OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THAT’S ALMOST HALF OF THE ORIGINAL $500 MILLION PROPOSAL FOR A TEN YEAR PLAN, THE DISTRICT ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY. SUPERINTENDENT IAN ROBERTS SAYS THE NEW PLAN WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO FEEL THE CHANGES ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. IT NOW ALLOWS 100% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PLAN BEFORE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT SAYS. THE NEW VERSION WILL PRIORITIZE PRESCHOOL ACCESS, CAREER FOCUSED PROGRAMS AND THE CREATION OF INTEREST BASED SIGNATURE SCHOOLS. ALL AREAS, THE VICE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS, WERE THE MOST POPULAR WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT JUST WORKED OUT THAT THOSE ARE ALSO THE MOST IMPACTFUL IN TERMS OF STUDENT OUTCOMES. THE DISTRICT IS ALSO LIMITING THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TO CLOSE THE WALNUT STREET SCHOOL, HARDING MIDDLE AND HOWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL STILL CLOSE. CATTELL AND STOWE ELEMENTARIES, CALHOUN AND MIDDLE, AND THE MCKEE EDUCATION CENTER ARE NOT GOING TO FACE CLOSURE. MEREDITH MIDDLE WILL MERGE WITH HOOVER HIGH, AND THE KURTZ OPPORTUNITY CENTER WILL MERGE WITH NORTH HIGH. THE DISTRICT SAYS IT NEEDS AT LEAST 7500 SIGNATURES TO ADD IT TO THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PLAN, AND WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY. LIKE DOCTOR ROBERTS SAID, TO PARTNERING WITH THEM TO CONTINUE TO PUT FORTH A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT SERVES OUR STUDENTS. IF THE PLAN GETS APPROVED, IT’S ESTIMATED T