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Pleasanton) but is primarily due to falling birth rates observed in the region in recent years. A net decline of 550 TK-5 students is forecasted for the end of the projection period in 2025. Previous recommendations suggested the District would need to consider at least one facility in East Pleasanton as soon as 2020. The updated information indicates that birth rates have fallen considerably causing the size of projected incoming Kindergarten classes to fall as well. The fall 2015 kindergarten class was the result of 694 births reported for the two zip codes making up the District in 2010. Skip ahead to 2012 and we see that the total number of births has fallen all the way to 590 representing a decline of nearly 15%. While the total births for 2013 and 2014 are higher than the low seen in 2012 they are still not large enough to produce kindergarten class larger than the current 2015 class. Such a decline will inevitably lead to smaller incoming kindergarten classes providing relief to the impacted northwest region of the District. DDP no longer sees enough growth occurring in the northwest region to justify the opening of a new school. However, the Donlon attendance area could be redrawn to more evenly distribute the resident population amongst other attendance areas that have excess capacity. With the City Council's decision to halt the EPSP and the subsequent elimination of EPSP from the unit forecast provided by city planners, DDP no longer projects the need for an additional facility at any point over the next 10 years as average enrollment at each of the District's 9 elementary facilities should stand at 636 students by 2025. This recommendation is bases on current information that could and has changed in the past. As such it will be critical for the District to continue to closely monitor plans for residential development as changes to current plans could have an impact on future resident student population. Once the district fully matures some time beyond 2025 the District should see a resident student population that could support 11 facilities with average enrollment of 717 students. No additional middle school or high school facilities will be needed over the next 10 years or at maturity based upon the most recent projections. The District plans to closely monitor the growth of the residential development, reported births and update student projections annually to make sure to track any new trends that could impact future student population trends. Doing so will give a better idea of exactly when any plans to adjust potential capacity issues would need to be implemented as the time nears. Page 3 of 4