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Yankton School District Finds More Students

Yankton School District Finds More Students

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The Yankton School District got a nice surprise this fall when enrollment increased a bit. Superintendent Wayne Kindle talked about that and other issues at the annual “State of the Community” meeting this week.
Kindle says they had two thousand seven hundred six students as of the last Friday in September. They had been projecting about twenty six hundred and eighty students…………

Kindle says they tried some different types of outreach in the last year……

Kindle says they also have found the housing shortage in the area affects their enrollment…………

Kindle says that is why they are cooperating with the city and Yankton Area Progressive Growth in developing new housing options.

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