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Parents and teachers press board for equity analysis, clearer criteria and alternatives to closures
Summary
Parents, staff and community leaders pressed the Kyrene school board Nov. 5 for clearer decision criteria and an equity analysis, and proposed non‑closure alternatives including more aggressive marketing, volunteer engagement and a phased pilot approach.
Parents, teachers, union leaders and community advocates at the Nov. 5 hearing repeatedly asked the Kyrene governing board to clarify the decision criteria behind the revised closure map and to complete an equity analysis before taking any vote.
Multiple speakers cited federal civil‑rights obligations in public‑school decision making. Parent James Rivera told the board that closing certain campuses would "disproportionately disrupt students of color" and asked whether the district had completed an analysis under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act…
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