On Friday afternoon, the Tucson Unified School District recommended closing Collier Elementary School and consolidating it with Bloom Elementary School — the ninth and 10th schools named as part of recommendations to right-size Southern Arizona’s largest school district.
The two schools are among the 10 so far, of the district’s 88 schools named this week for reconfiguration, pending approval by the Governing Board in December.
• Collier has preschool through sixth grade and was built in 1973. As of last school year, it had just under 100 students and its capacity is 375, according to state education data. It earned a B grade last school year and has 33 staffers, its website says…