Boston expects large enrollment rise in early grades

From The Boston Globe: The Boston public school system is projecting that enrollment in preschool through the second grade will jump by nearly 1,000 students for the next school year — sending school officials on a hunt for 75 additional classrooms. The projection — driven largely by an increase in disability diagnoses for toddlers, who by law must be given an education as soon as they turn 3 — follows a steady increase in enrollments in the lower grades over the last few years.