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Board discusses using bond and Perkins funds to expand CTE and reclaim enrollment

Phoenix Union High School District Governing Board · January 16, 2026
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Summary

District leaders presented a demographic study and proposed using bond funding and CTE program expansion — including a potential phased technical center on a 50-acre district-owned parcel — to attract students back after a multi-year enrollment decline.

Phoenix Union's leadership told the board the district has seen roughly a 10 percent enrollment decline over the past three years and urged strategic investments to regain students.

Dr. De Alba presented preliminary demographic maps and recommended the board consider targeted bond investments and program reconfiguration to respond to growth pockets in the Southwest and southern corridors of the district. She…

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