Five schools in the Inglewood Unified School District, including Morningside High School and Crozier Middle School, are set to close due to declining enrollment and financial issues, with enrollment dropping from 18,000 to under 7,000 students over the past two decades. Despite the closures, plans are in place to reconstruct Inglewood High School and add a new high school academy, while the district continues to pay the state over $2 million annually due to past fiscal mismanagement.
The Inglewood Unified School District in the Los Angeles area is set to close five schools by the end of the 2024-25 school year due to declining enrollment, with Superintendent Dr. James Morris citing the need to operate within their means and improve instruction. The schools to be closed include Crozier Junior High School, Hudnall TK-6 Elementary School, Highland TK-6 Elementary School, Morningside High School, and Kelso TK-6 Elementary School, with three schools already closed since 2019.
UW-Oshkosh plans to lay off about 200 non-faculty staff and administrators and furlough others in response to an $18 million budget deficit caused by declining enrollment and reduced state funding. The university is facing a "perfect storm" of conditions, including a decline in high school graduates choosing college, declining state support, and an over-reliance on tuition revenue. The layoffs amount to about 20% of university employees, and furloughs will begin in September and continue through June 2024. The university aims to shield academic programs while reorganizing and reducing expenses.
Ohio University's Board of Trustees has designated their Proctorville Center as surplus property, allowing the university to sell it. The center was donated to the university in 2000 with the goal of offering classes to non-traditional students, but declining enrollment and decreased revenues have led to the decision to sell. The university says the center will only be sold to another educational organization, and any revenues from the sale will go toward scholarships, grants, and other educational areas. Community members who donated money to allow the center to open in 2007 are disappointed with the decision.
