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Three seats are up for grabs on the Tucson Unified School District's Governing Board this November. Five candidates for the open seats answered questions at a forum at the YWCA on the Westside of Tucson hosted by the League of Women Voters of Southern Ariz. Questions for the forum were submitted by members of the Tucson community either online ahead of time or on an index card in the room. They ranged from enrollment numbers to academic achievement to electives to safety in schools.
“I think one of the biggest challenges get we have is lack of funding from the state as well as declining enrollment,' he said.'We had over-hired teachers, so we had a cut a position just last week. As a result, I took on extra students into my classroom from a classroom being collapsed and a teacher leaving due to budget and lower enrollment than expected.”TUSD is no stranger to a tight budget. The district has been battling with low funding for years.
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