After enrollment dips, public schools hope for fall rebound

Tnisha Nation, left, Sandrea Guerrero, center, and Elena Mojica reach out to families in the San Antonio Independent School District, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in San Antonio. School districts that lost enrollment during the pandemic are looking anxiously to the fall to see how many families stick with the education choices they made over the last year. In hopes of boosting enrollment, many districts have launched new efforts to connect with families of young children, including blanketing communities with yard signs and enlisting bus drivers to call families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Tnisha Nation, left, Sandrea Guerrero, center, and Elena Mojica reach out to families in the San Antonio Independent School District, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in San Antonio. Bus monitors and drivers have been enlisted to contact families and make sure they are registering to enroll their kids for school in the fall as many public schools as seeing declines in enrollment, including a steep drop off for Hispanic students. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Tnisha Nation, left, calls families in the San Antonio Independent School District, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in San Antonio. School districts that lost enrollment during the pandemic are looking anxiously to the fall to see how many families stick with the education choices they made over the last year. In hopes of boosting enrollment, many districts have launched new efforts to connect with families of young children, including blanketing communities with yard signs and enlisting bus drivers to call families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A registration form is filled out as San Antonio Independent School District bus monitors and drivers reach out to families and make sure they are registering to enroll their kids for school in the fall, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in San Antonio. Many public schools as seeing declines in enrollment, including a steep drop off for Hispanic students. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)