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Board orders 15% M&O override election; administration warns of staffing risk if not reauthorized
Summary
The Cartwright board voted to place a 15% maintenance-and-operations override on the November 2026 ballot. Administration said the override generates about $14 million used for full-day kindergarten and class-size control and that losing it could require cuts equivalent to roughly 20% of teaching staff.
The Cartwright Elementary District governing board voted on May 6 to call a 15% maintenance-and-operations override election for November 2026, setting the filing deadline for argument submissions with the Maricopa County School Superintendent's Office for Aug. 7, 2026, at 5 p.m.
Acting budget presenter Doctor Etheridge told the board the override amount reflected in the district's calculations is about $14,000,000. "For our school district, that override pays for things like full day kindergarten," Etheridge said, and added that the override has…
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