In 2010, its projected enrollment will be 4,580.
"Our class size guidelines are based on projected enrollment for next year, and every year there will be one or two grades that are the highest.
"By its fifth year, with a projected enrollment of 1,267 students, we will lose more than 600 students and about $8,394,700," he said.
The president's own chief actuary, Richard Foster, estimated that these Medicare cuts will lower the projected enrollment in Medicare Advantage by 50 percent.
In the Middle Country School District, the community approved a $33 million bond issue for expansion of its four middle schools, to meet the needs of the projected enrollment increase of 1,000 students over the next five years.
Because of budget cuts, the number of students recommended for summer school dropped sharply in 2002 and is expected to drop again this year, though Mr. Klein has not yet released projected enrollment figures.
But with projected enrollment increases, the funding per child will actually fall, and any enhancement of education will have to be done at the expense of valuable health and social assistance.
"This goes along with our philosophy of 'try new things.' " A $73 million high school under construction to replace the existing school will provide enough classroom space to accommodate a projected enrollment of 1,100 to 1,200 students by the time it opens in the fall of 2005.
The school's projected enrollment would only be 650 students.
