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Board approves PACE staffing plan but ties it to summer enrollment targets
Summary
The Casa Grande Union High School District board approved option D for the PACE program — three full‑time teachers and a teaching administrator — but attached an enrollment contingency that will move the district to a reduced option if minimum student thresholds are not met by the summer.
Mr. Lavender, a district staff member, told the governing board the administration recommends option D for PACE next year: three full‑time teachers (a math specialist, an ELA specialist and an additional teacher), continued paraprofessional and security support, and a full‑time teaching administrator. "The cost of this program is $724,000," he said, and added that the program would be self‑sustaining only at 81 students. He reported current enrollment at 69 with seven students graduating, leaving roughly 62 expected returning and a shortfall of about 19 students.
Board member Mr. Wilke, who…
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