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Parents, PTA raise alarms over preschool closures, tuition and proposed childcare conversions
Summary
Multiple public commenters told the board that preschool closures and new tuition policies have reduced access to early education; callers urged the district to make full‑day preschool free or delay conversions to licensed childcare that would lower program standards.
Parents and PTA leaders used the public comment period at a Phoenix Elementary District governing board meeting to press the district on preschool access, recent closures and tuition changes.
Allison Gulick, a parent from the Hurd boundary area, said the district had told families the Hurd and Dunbar closures were needed to preserve free preschool, but that closures were followed by tuition charges and program changes at other sites. “I, as a parent with a PS 1 student at Shaw now, am paying $500…
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