If every Tucson Unified School District student took a seat in Arizona Stadium, there would still be room for a McKale Center sellout crowd, new enrollment data projections show.
Southern Arizona’s largest school district is projected to see a 3.3% decline from last year to about 35,000 students, according to Arizona Department of Education data.That’s a nearly $8 million loss in per-pupil spending, according to TUSD’s revised budget, which was unanimously approved by the Governing Board Tuesday night.
“Declining enrollment has the single-biggest impact on our bottom line,” TUSD Chief Financial Officer Ricky Hernández told the board…