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TUSD board approves several administrative cuts but rejects centralizing attendance clerks after packed public comment
Summary
After nearly two hours of public comment opposing staff eliminations, the Tucson Unified School District governing board approved six administrative reductions aimed at saving about $3.7 million, but voted down a proposal to centralize attendance and registration technicians.
Nearly 20 community members and dozens of staff packed the Tucson Unified School District boardroom to oppose proposed budget reductions that would eliminate dozens of front-office positions and close a centralized customer service center.
The board, facing a projected multi-year deficit, voted item-by-item on Tuesday. Members approved eliminating regional itinerant substitute-teacher positions, closing the district'wide customer service center, eliminating one regional assistant superintendent office, merging the multicultural curriculum office into culturally relevant pedagogy and instruction, removing the senior director of magnet programs, and directing the Budget Advisory Committee to explore school…
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