Sidney's school enrollment continues to increase

With the addition of 20 preschool students, the entire enrollment at Sidney public schools rose from 1,260 in September 2013 to 1,342 as of Monday, an increase of 82 from last year.

Sidney’s pre-school is full with 40 students. On the first day of school in the fall of 2013, there were 111 kindergarten students enrolled. As of Monday there were 120.

“I think it’s some good news for us,” said Brent Jeffers, principal of Central Elementary.

The numbers could increase over the next few days leading up to the beginning of school as well as on the first day of school.

Both the Middle School and High School have seen a slight increase in enrollment as well.

At the start of the 2012 school year there were 1,236 attending Sidney schools which means that the district has increased enrollment by more than 100 students over the past two years.