Beginning in 2025, more than 20 public schools in neighborhoods across the Valley have closed or are in the process of shutting their doors.
A decline in the number of students enrolling into public schools is a major contributing factor as to why schools are closing their doors for good.
Public school enrollment has fallen for several reasons including declining birth rates, lack of funding and the expansion of the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program with an annual cost of $1 billion dollars…