TUSD closures list: 14 schools recommended for closure or merger

On Wednesday afternoon, the Tucson Unified School District recommended closing Cavett Elementary and consolidating it with Utterback Middle School — the 13th and 14th schools named as part of recommendations to right-size Southern Arizona’s largest school district.

The two schools are among the 14 so far, of the district’s 88 schools named over the last 10 days for reconfiguration, pending approval by the Governing Board in December.

• Cavett has preschool through fifth grade and was built in 1956. As of last school year, it had 169 students and its capacity is 530, according to state education data. It earned a C grade last school year and has 44 staffers, its website says…

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