With a 1999-2000 enrollment of 4,321 students, the Port Washington School District is "well above its projections" of 4,252 for the school year, said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Albert Inserra. He noted that the elementary school projections were almost on the button. However, the middle school's opening figure of 962 is 14 students above the projection of 948; and the high school's actual opening enrollment number of 1196 is well above the projection for this year of 1,150.

"We will now run the projections using this current information to determine the overall impact on the long-term plan," said Dr. Inserra. The unanticipated additional student enrollment is a significant development because it affects the last projections being made before the long-range facilities plan is finalized, he added.

Dr. Inserra also noted that he's very concerned about next year in the middle school. Weber Principal Matt Sanzone needed to "undedicate" more rooms than anticipated. PEP is not in one room and foreign language teachers are traveling more than anticipated. He says, "Assuming the projections hold, I believe that we are not going to be able to work this next year, without additional space, as in portables."

The numbers for the schools and grades breakout as follows:

	Last Year	This Year	Projection
Daly	423		431		447
Guggenheim	568		583*		576
Manorhaven	503		532		524
Sousa	83		614		609
Weber	878		962		948
Schreiber H.S.	1,167		1,196		1,150

* Includes 10 primary special ed. children. Last year's grade distribution versus this year's enrollment and projections is as follows:

	1998		1999		Projection for '99
Kindergarten	327		387		391
1st grade	369		336		345
2nd grade	365		371		374
3rd grade	343		367		360
4th grade	334		346		350
5th grade	339		342		334
6th grade	276		346		339
7th grade	314		289		289
8th grade	288		327		319
9th grade	299		309		309
10th grade	269		316		303
11th grade	288		281		263
12th grade	311		290		275

(Note: The 1998 figures are taken from attendance records for the first week of school and may have varied.)