By: Shauna Johnson, WV MetroNews
West Virginia’s public school enrollment is down by 4,858 students this school year, a decline that Dr. Steven Paine, state superintendent of schools, is partly attributing to changes in the enrollment cutoff date for pre-kindergarten.
Without those delayed from entering pre-kindergarten, “We’re probably more like 2,800 kids down,” Paine said.
He called that number similar or a “tad higher” than enrollment declines in previous years....