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Finalists cite enrollment decline and override loss as central fiscal challenges for Higley USD
Summary
During public finalist forums, candidates identified declining kindergarten cohorts, a failed override renewal and teacher retention as interrelated fiscal challenges and proposed outreach, storytelling and partnership strategies to address them.
At public finalist forums for Higley Unified School District’s superintendent search, all three finalists said enrollment decline and the district’s recent failed override renewal present near-term fiscal challenges. Several candidates framed those challenges as linked to community perception and teacher retention.
David Lotzenheiser said he would prioritize continuity and community outreach and flagged a specific near-term shortfall: "This year, we are gonna…
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