Interim superintendent outlines school consolidation plan after decade of enrollment losses

Interim Superintendent Terry Romo told the Sierra Vista Unified School District governing board at its regular meeting that the district is studying school consolidation after a decade of declining enrollment.

Romo said the district has lost more than 2,000 students in 10 years and currently has more than 3,000 empty seats across its campuses, with overall seat fill at about 51 percent. She said the review is intended to “better utilize our resources” so schools are fully staffed and students have access to consistent programs and grade-level teams.

Romo said consolidation would include a range of actions — campus mergers that may entail school closures, reviews of transfer policies, program realignment, facility repurposing and potential boundary changes — and that any final decision would be made by the governing board. “It’s not the building. It’s the people,” Romo said. “We’re fighting for our district as a whole.”

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