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Phoenix Union outlines $20M reductions and preliminary RIF list after 1,800-student enrollment drop
Summary
Superintendent Andrade and the district's CFO told the board that Phoenix Union has lost roughly 1,800 students this year, prompting a multi-phase plan to cut about $20 million from the budget and a preliminary reduction-in-force (RIF) list of roughly 160 positions to be shared with the board in December.
Phoenix Union High School District leaders told the governing board in November that a sharp enrollment decline is forcing the district to plan multi-million-dollar budget reductions and personnel reductions next school year.
Superintendent Leandra Andrade said the district's enrollment dropped far more this year than last, from a loss of about 1,200 students last year to roughly 1,800 this year. Andrade attributed the drop to several factors: lower birth rates, rising housing costs and gentrification, changes in federal immigration policy and refugee resettlement, and expanded school-choice programs and ESAs in Arizona.
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