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Chino Valley superintendent outlines enrollment loss, recommends Heritage Middle reconfiguration in 2026

Chino Valley Unified School District (4474) · February 3, 2026
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Superintendent Cindy Daniels said Chino Valley Unified has lost about 12% of students since Arizona's universal vouchers, and the district's administrative team recommends reconfiguring Heritage Middle School to serve only grades 7 and 8 beginning in 2026 while expanding dual-enrollment at CVHS through Yavapai College.

Superintendent Cindy Daniels told parents that Chino Valley Unified School District is confronting enrollment-driven budget pressures and outlined an administrative recommendation to reconfigure Heritage Middle School.

"We have lost about 12% of our student population," Daniels said, attributing the decline over the past three years in part to the statewide rollout of universal vouchers and local demographic trends. She said Yavapai County has a relatively low share of school-age children and that some families have used…

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