Bay Area school enrollment has plummeted. So why has student population spiked in this East Bay city?

Dublin High School students head to their second period class on campus in Dublin, Calif., on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

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.

“I’m stepping, then I’m pausing, then I’m waiting five seconds, then I’m stepping again,” said Holmes, a senior at Dublin High. “It’s just crazy to see that many kids.”

Over the past five years, 85% of school districts in the Bay Area registered a drop in enrollment, with some losing

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