Marissa Sarbak joined the ABC15 Arizona team in April 2024 as a Reporter and fill-in Anchor.
The Roosevelt School District Governing Board will vote Thursday on whether or not to close five schools as the district tries to get a handle on a $5 million budget deficit. Roosevelt School District Superintendent Dr. Dani Portillo made the recommendation to close the schools and consolidate them.The south Phoenix community has been up in arms over the decision to potentially close the schools.
'On Tuesday, at the final meeting before Thursday's scheduled vote, School Board President Shelley Jackson shared some of the reasons the board is considering this severe measure. 'Roosevelt School District is a microcosm of what’s happening in the state and in the country. We have a declining birth rate in our state, about 29 charter and private schools over saturating our district, and so what’s happening is we’ve had declining enrollment since 2007,' she said.
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