For decades, since 1984, Virginia’s public school enrollment has grown steadily, as has the population, but the results from this year’s September student count show that in 2018, Virginia’s enrollment fell by just over 2,000 students—the first decline in enrollment since 1984. Les Sinclair and Hamilton Lombard, Research & Policy Analyst at UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, discuss the drop in student population, for the first time in decades, in Virginia and the implications to the Commonwealth. More at http://statchatva.org/2018/12/17/virginias-school-enrollment-declined-in-2018-for-the-first-time-in-decades/