Estacada SD 108 reports enrollment growth, highlights four-day week and program expansion

An agency official for Estacada SD 108 said the district is seeing sustained enrollment growth and invited families to a midyear Facebook Live update at 7:30 p.m.

"Las familias están eligiendo Estacada porque somos innovadores y respondemos a sus necesidades," the presenter said, describing the district as the only one in Clackamas County currently reporting an increase in student enrollment. The official said families are choosing local public schools even as some districts face declines and some families opt for homeschooling or alternatives.

The official credited the district's use of improvement science and data-driven adjustments for the progress. "Utilizamos la ciencia de la mejora para perfeccionar la enseñanza," they said, noting the district studies what works and makes changes when it does not. The speaker said that approach guides instructional tweaks, strengthens systems and informs decisions.

The district highlighted its four-day school week as a community-designed change. According to the presenter, the schedule was "diseado en base a la retroalimentacif3n de la comunidad y las necesidades de los estudiantes," and the district uses built-in "reading days" to provide targeted intervention and extension opportunities for students.

Officials also pointed to rising graduation rates and strengthening student engagement, as well as growth in career and technical education programs, arts and athletics. The speaker did not provide specific numeric rates or percentages for graduation or enrollment increases; those figures were not specified in the remarks.

The presenter acknowledged that growth brings challenges and said district staff are "planeando activamente soluciones" while trying to preserve what makes the district distinctive. A word in the original remarks was unclear in the transcript and could not be verified; the district representative described the concerns generally as operational challenges tied to growth.

The district concluded by inviting community members to join the Facebook Live session to hear updates on reading days, parent pickup procedures, committee developments and upcoming conferences and to bring questions. The presenter closed by thanking families for choosing the district.

The district identified in the remarks is Estacada SD 108, located in Clackamas County; the presenter spoke on the district's behalf but did not give a personal name or formal title in the transcript.