Cheney school enrollment remains above budget, headcount expectations

Enrollment in the Cheney School District, both full-time equivalent (FTE) students and actual headcounts, continues to remain strong and above counts at this time last year.

At the Feb. 26 regular Cheney school board meeting, Executive Director of Finance Kassidy Probert reported that FTE numbers for February were 4,059.44 students, a slight dip from January’s 4,061.77 but comfortably above February 2013’s figure of 3,916.06. Headcounts, actual bodies in desks, were 4,223 in February, two below January’s tally but 122 ahead of 2013 numbers.

Overall for the school year, the district is up 129.9...