Jobs are plentiful.
New buildings spring up overnight.
Public school officials know that much of the growth has come from families with school-aged children. In Rogers, the number of students nearly doubled between 1985 and 2000 to more than 10,000. At the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , we wondered how this growth was affecting the schools and decided to spend a good part of the summer finding out. Along the way, other stories cropped up. Private schools, like the public schools, have seen their fair share of new students.