Based on the Buckmaster Show for 10/30/25, a daily radio show in Tucson, AZ, interviewing local newsmakers. Analysis and opinions are our own.
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TUSD Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Trujillo appeared on the Buckmaster Show to urgently explain why Proposition 414—a $45 million annual override 💰—is critical for Tucson’s largest school district 🏫.
Teachers are fleeing TUSD because neighboring districts pay $7,500 more per year 💸, forcing the district to operate with fewer counselors 🧑🏫, no music 🎶 or PE 🏃♀️ in elementary schools, and crumbling infrastructure 🏚️.
Arizona’s universal voucher program 🏷️ has stripped $20 million from TUSD’s budget 💔, while demographic shifts 🏘️ and rising housing costs 🏡 push families to cheaper suburbs 🌆, creating what Trujillo called a “poison cocktail 🍸 of enrollment disaster 😞.”…