Over the past five years, 85% of school districts in the Bay Area registered a drop in enrollment, with some losing nearly a third of their students. But in Dublin, the schools — and the city — hav…
For 18-year-old Grace Holmes, there’s one thing that speaks to the population explosion in her hometown more than anything else: the stairwells at her high school in Dublin.
In the decade between 2010 and 2020, Dublin’s population jumped by 60%, a result of more than 8,000 new homes popping up during that time. Meanwhile, other cities in the East Bay reported population increases one third or less of Dublin’s, and the population of many — such as nearby Danville — barely rose at all.“It seems like we can’t build schools fast enough,” said Erik Bertelson, the music director at Wells Middle School. “Everyone’s moving to Dublin.
Though Emerald is one of just three new non-charter high schools to be built over the last 10 years, in other parts of the region, districts such as Fremont Unified, West Contra Costa Unified and Pleasanton Unified have used bond measures to rebuild older schools or expand and modernize classrooms, such as Richmond’s De Anza and Pleasanton’s Amador Valley high schools.
“Everything is so pretty out here, and so green,” said Destiny. “It feels like nothing could go wrong.”
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