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Superintendent says Joyce Clark faces possible consolidation as enrollment falls; board to hold town hall before April vote
Summary
Sierra Vista Unified District Superintendent Terry Romo told the governing board the district faces a multimillion-dollar shortfall tied to declining enrollment and outlined two options for Joyce Clark Middle School: moving eighth graders to Buena High School or housing middle grades under Town and Country (a K–7/8 arrangement). She announced a family survey and a town hall before a board vote in April.
Sierra Vista Unified District Superintendent Terry Romo told the governing board at a work session that the district’s long-term enrollment decline has created a budget shortfall that may require consolidating campuses, potentially including Joyce Clark Middle School (JCMS).
"Tonight is the start of a conversation, not the end," Romo said, adding, "There will be no vote at this evening." She described the session as informational and said the board will consider a formal recommendation at its regular meeting in April.
Romo said the district has lost more than 2,000 students over the last decade and that there are roughly 3,000 empty seats districtwide. She told the board that state funding follows enrollment and that personnel costs comprise the vast majority of the district’s operating budget. "When you have too few students, it really spreads out our resources too thin," Romo said.
Romo laid out two options for middle-grade students for the 2026–27 school year. Under the first option, incoming…
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