Medical Lake enrollment numbers hold firm

by drew peterson

Staff Intern

Superintendent Dr. Pam Veltri reported at Tuesday night’s school board meeting that the Medical Lake School District current enrollment numbers are steady for the 2013-14 school year including a pretty big increase in high school students.

“When you look at last year when we ended at the high school, our average was 529, but we ended at 512,” Veltri said. “And we are already up at 543 currently.”

Veltri explained that while an additional teacher was hired prior to the start of the high school year, it seems that every day there is a new student, which has caused a...