School enrollment is down significantly due to many parents homeschooling, and enrolling their children in private schools.
Daniel Anello is the CEO of Kids For Chicago.
Shrinking enrollment may force some districts in places like Denver, Indianapolis, and Kansas City, Missouri to close schools entirely. The Dickinson family in Wheaton, Illinois says they were hesitant to pull their daughter out of school. "COVID has had an impact in some places, but those are those are micro impacts compared to the fact that we just as a country have a lot less babies that are growing up to be students," said Anello.
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