A Boom in Desks: Newport's School Census Doubles in a Year
Clerk Lusher counted 276 school-age children in District No. 115—double the number from a little over a year before. The census, which excluded the Idaho side of the line, was read as a clear sign of Newport's growth.
Clerk Lusher, of school district No. 115, has completed a census of the children of school age residing within the district, and finds that there are 276. The number has doubled in a little over a year's time, which is indicative of the growth Newport is making. This census did not include the children on the Idaho side of the line.
“The number has doubled in a little over a year's time, which is indicative of the growth Newport is making.”
School enrollment is still a leading indicator of a town's health, and districts today wrestle with the same question Newport faced in 1908: whether classrooms, teachers, and tax revenue can keep up with growth. The census also hints at the cross-border reality of the Newport area, where families and schools have long spilled across the Idaho-Washington line.
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