Overview
- At a Jan. 14 study session, Chandler Unified’s board reviewed a proposal to eliminate or combine certain roles, with a decision still pending late Wednesday.
- The plan targets Media and Technology Specialists and some administrative positions, trims work hours and stipends, and has drawn union opposition that warns of harm to student services.
- District officials say class sizes would stay at a 24:1 ratio and affected employees could pursue open roles, framing the changes as an enrollment-driven realignment after a roughly 3% student decline.
- Higley Unified, confronting a $7.8 million shortfall after a failed override, outlined options cutting roughly $3 million to nearly $5 million that would remove 29 to 52 teacher positions and several administrative roles, with board action expected Jan. 27.
- Alhambra Elementary is weighing campus closures that would shut Valencia Newcomer School and merge Choice Learning Academy with Westwood Elementary into a K–8, with a public hearing on Jan. 22 and a possible vote in mid-February.