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ffi'lT:ljiTl:er includes just 32 grade e-llstudents. Grade e is rhe District,s largest, Trends in District Enrollment and Future projections The numbers above paint a striking picftre of the District's enrollrnent relative to its smalldistrict status, and show the Distri-ci's enrolknent is shrinking as a whole. In rhe last fiveschool years, beginnip in 2014-15,the District" "*ot-tro*nii", u..n ll4,lrg,l l9, I10,and now I 12' respectively' while only minimat, tne raci tt ai the District,s enrollment hasslrrunk at all in spite of the volume of new homes being tuiii*pports ERLC,s concrusionthat the Disffict's funding is not in jeopardy. Given the appment trend towards less enrollment, years after the FEIS was finalized, it isfair to assume that the Marial {91dows nroject wiliartuuily "aa fewer than the 53 studentsassumed by ordinance 2018-006' some alternatives in rr," FEIS estimate that MarianMeadows will add less than 40 students. As a result, mitigation on a per household basis(i'e' mitigation paid for many units in Marion Meadows ifi"iril never generate a singlestudent at the District) will frovide an ev€n grearer windfall to the District even beyondthe novelty of rnitigation moneys to the Distrilt td;rhtr;;;ject is subiect to. The enrollrnent projections from washington's office of the superintendent of publicInsfruction (OPSI) confirm that enrollmentln the Easton s"rrooi oirrrict is expected to staythe same or decrease through 2024, Thebirt.i.tt r;;*j"Jtions differ drastically fromthis, indicating +{3 t.o *al irudents, uut trt" lasr five t#r'il; demonsrrared that opsl,not the District's independent consultant, is correcr, ;";;id the additional residentialdevelopment built in the past years. Conclusion The District would need roughly 30 additio narg-l2students alone before the +/- 60 studenttipping point discussed abJve-is met. iile Districr', o*-i0ig capitat Facilities pranindicates that the hich schogf .has a capaciiy of s9, rulrv frree times morc than its curent9-12 enrollment' while ttDistrict i* ptzu-i"g ror a n"- "i"*r'tu.y school, the numbersdo not support charging ERLC ror ttris;nder the.guise of its proportional impacts. Mariany;lfllffir:ill not significantrv, or even minimdly, un""tii,i nisftict,s ablity to tund its Lindsay Ozbolt october30,20lg Page 3 Easton School District's History of Inaction The District has never before asked a develop-ment to pay for the proportionate impact ofthe students it may add to the District's enroihnent t"rl"r.'r" it " extent that the Disrrict isconcerned its capital facilities are 1t a tipping point, thi. il an existing situation and notattributable to Marian Meadows utonr. iithe.District had participated in review of thebelow development proposals*if the Disirict r,_ua u".*pi"a -ssoo pq household from the Hl"":#*lopments-there would rignifr"arrt funding avaitaute to address the District,s 2007 - snocadia Development, 230 lots (later cancelled, without input from District) JoHNS.I\IONROF:.IVIrrsuNAGA.KOLOUSKOVA . PLLC