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Trustees open formal review of TIDE Academy after hours of public comment; superintendent to present detailed data in January
Summary
After more than 50 in‑person speakers and several virtual comments urged the board to keep TIDE Academy open, the Sequoia Union High School District board directed Superintendent Leach to present disaggregated enrollment and financial data in January and said a recommendation will follow in February; no closure decision was made tonight.
Sequoia Union High School District trustees on Dec. 10 opened a formal process to evaluate whether to close TIDE Academy but did not make a decision, following hours of public comment from students, parents, teachers and community members who urged the district to keep the small school open.
The superintendent, Christine Leach, told the board she was following a subcommittee request to assemble a transparent review process that includes enrollment and demographic analysis, program and facilities impacts, and fiscal modeling. Leach said the district’s preliminary figures show TIDE’s per‑pupil spending is about $39,000 compared with a district average near $22,000 and that current enrollment at TIDE is roughly 195 students. She proposed community meetings and a special study session in January, with a…
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