Community challenges ASDB salary cuts amid planning for Tucson relocation

Photos of students, mostly in ASDB’s blind and low vision program, are placed in the Berger Performing Arts Center on March 12, 2026. Kasia, Beata Tarasiuk’s daughter, is pictured center wearing blue.

Parents, teachers, alumni and even board members questioned a proposal Thursday that would cap salaries for incoming ASDB teachers at 10 years experience instead of the current 25 years.

While the district is in its third year of a budget deficit, board members ultimately decided to table the vote on the new salary schedule until human resources provides additional reasoning…

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