The Tucson Unified School District governing board has formally begun the process of evaluating potential school closures and consolidations, laying out a months-long timeline that will include community input, data analysis and eventual board action.
At an April 14 meeting, district officials emphasized that the discussion marks the beginning of the process — not the identification of specific schools.
“Before we even engage in any kind of formal discussion about anything related to school consolidations or mergers, we first have to take a look at what’s legally required and what does your own process say,” Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo told the board…