Public schools try to lure students back amid enrollment decline

One week before the first day of school in Colorado’s Adams District 14, new superintendent Karla Loria went knocking door to door to find students who had not yet registered for school this year.

There were 12 names on her list. During her first attempt, she registered eight. By the end of the week, she had found and enrolled all 12. Other administrators tasked with their own list of missing children weren’t as lucky — and their jobs could be on the line because of it.