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TUSD closures list: 16 schools recommended for closure or merger

TUSD closures list: 16 schools recommended for closure or merger

TUSD closures list: 16 schools recommended for closure or merger

TUSD closures list: 16 schools recommended for closure or merger.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Tucson Unified School District recommended closing Steele Elementary and consolidating it with Booth-Fickett K-8.

The district confirmed Wednesday the list is complete.

The schools are about two miles apart on the east side with Broadway Boulevard and Sarnoff Drive as major cross streets.

Since late September, the district held four community meetings, three in-person and one online, to gather feedback on TUSD demographics, enrollment and financial data.

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