Roaring Fork School District Board of Education Vice President Betsy After listens to comments during a presentation on the district's declining enrollment in Wednesday night's meeting in Carbondale. After cited the data to advocate for the district to show "strategic leadership" in the development of affordable housing in the community. Rich Allen/Aspen Daily News

The enrollment situation in the Roaring Fork School District may be more dire than anticipated.

After enlisting a demographer to project student enrollment in the coming years for the first time in October, RFSD received its first set of tangible numbers to cross-reference last month. The insight is that the district’s already conservative numbers turned out to be too hopeful: The district saw 111 fewer students than budget

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