https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/03/18/bay-area-school-enrollment-has-plummeted-so-why-has-student-population-spiked-in-this-east-bay-city/ > 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.”