Facing an estimated budget shortfall of $7.8 million, Higley Unified School District is exploring its options for its 2026-27 budget.
At the district’s Jan. 13 governing board meeting, Superintendent David Loutzenheiser presented three budget reduction scenarios that rely largely on staff reductions through attrition – meaning vacant positions would go unfilled rather than current employees being laid off.
“We have to right-size,” Loutzenheiser said. “So with less kids, we have to have less teachers, and I think that’s an important thing.”…