At a time when many Arizona school districts are closing schools due to declines in enrollment, the Tempe Union High School District is seeing a slight uptick in students.
Districts across the state have seen a drop in students in recent years and fewer kids means less money. Some have even had to cut jobs to make up for budget shortfalls.
“Tempe Union experiences the challenges just like all of the districts that you’re seeing in the news,” Superintendent Stacia Wilson said. “It’s not that we are exempt or anyone is exempt for that matter, but we are working hard to kind of defy those odds.”…