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33 <br /> 1 populations, the positive trend had held in prior years, but that something disrupted the work and the <br /> 2 trust of parents. He said the district still has work to do to win back the trust of parents and students. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide#13 <br /> Student Enrollment Trends <br /> Overview of enrollment ch• r- • • projections us-• to guide <br /> staffing, resources, and planning. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Jonathan Scott, CHCCS Chief Financial Officer, continued the presentation: <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Slide#14 <br /> Student Data for County Education Funding Allocation <br /> • NCDPI is utilizing FY2025-26 40th day <br /> Average Daily Membership(ADM) of ,� k <br /> 10,773 for FY 2026-27 membership , , <br /> projections _ <br /> • Preliminary out-of-district enrollment is r , <br /> projected to be 260 <br /> • Preliminary charter school enrollment is <br /> projected to be 228 q� <br /> • Projected ADM minus Out-of-district <br /> enrollment plus Charter School enrollment <br /> gives a net estimation of 10,741 budgeted <br /> students <br /> • This represents a projected decrease of <br /> 277 students compared with FY 2025-26 <br /> «np,IHiL�9nCc„�_�,, .�n�t,,. �,�� THINK (/-SND ACT) <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Jonathon Scott explained that DPI moved to a funding-in-arrears model as enrollment began to <br /> 11 drop statewide, to stabilize funding for public schools. He reported that the district's average daily <br /> 12 membership for the second month of the current year came in at 10,773 students—approximately a 350- <br /> 13 student drop from the prior year. He said after reconciling through the county funding formula,the budget <br />