KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The School District of Osceola County wants students who have left the district to come back, and it is launching a recruitment campaign to address a decline of 1,237 students this school year.
The company, Caissa K12, will be contacting families who have left the district in an attempt to draw students back. The school district will be paying the company $985 per student they successfully recruit. That money will come from the district’s operating budget.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say that there’s declines from years past, but we have seen an increase in this decline since the Family Empowerment Scholarship did go into effect a couple of years ago,” School District of Osceola County Board Chair Heather Kahoun said…