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What’s going to happen?

What’s going to happen?. UHS did not initiate any of the options being discussed that would close a high school. However, the UHS vision statement has reflected the desire for our own campus for over fifteen years.

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What’s going to happen?

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  1. What’s going to happen? • UHS did not initiate any of the options being discussed that would close a high school. However, the UHS vision statement has reflected the desire for our own campus for over fifteen years. • There will, without a doubt, be a need for UHS to discuss the site-specific logistics of the different cost saving options. We would like to postpone that specific discussion until a more definite plan has been decided upon. • The stakeholders of UHS need to understand that any decision to merge or close a school, and whether or not UHS might move to a vacated site, falls to the TUSD Governing Board and is not a site-based decision. That being said: • The UHS family, and specifically the site council, needs to be proactive in supporting TUSD in developing and implementing fiscally responsible and fully sustainable cost saving options.

  2. What’s going to happen? • Budget cuts have already had a significant impact on all TUSD schools. Any additional cuts would require even more drastic reductions in programs. At some point, the fiscal reality of closing a site will allow more programs to continue and will provide a stronger school experience for students. • Everyone understands that the closing of any school is going to be an emotionally charged and politically difficult situation. Though we are not requesting that any site be shut down, we want to support options that help the district financially and support the needs of all of the UHS stake-holding groups.

  3. Cost Saving Options The primary option that has be presented thus far involves closing Palo Verde High School and moving both University High School and Dodge Middle School to the Palo Verde Campus. Since this initial option was proposed, a number of constituents from various sites have posited questions about which move would both benefit the largest number of students and save TUSD the most money; moving PV students to the Rincon site, or moving Rincon students to the PV site. UHS sits in an unique position. If either option is chosen, or if neither is chosen, we don’t stand to lose anything. A number of UHS stakeholders have been gathering data and collecting questions that we hope the Governing board might consider before deciding on which cost saving option to implement.

  4. Budget Issues to Address if UHS becomes an Independent Site Teaching FTE (currently shared resources with Rincon):

  5. Budget Issues to Address if UHS becomes an Independent Site • Non Teaching Certified Positions: • Nurse (could likely be shared with Dodge) • Special Ed Coordinator (could likely be shared with Dodge) • Career and Technical Counselor (Provided by District) • Dean of Students (Provided by District) • Athletic Director *Can the Dean of Students help with this?*

  6. Budget Issues to Address if UHS becomes an Independent Site • Classified Positions: • Blue Collar: • Custodians • Engineer/Grounds • Cafeteria Staff • Other Budget Needs: • Stipends for Athletics • White Collar: • Monitors • Business Office Staff • Network Tech

  7. Advantages for Moving Either Site Moving Palo Verde to the Rincon Site Moving Rincon to the Palo Verde Site UHS is a commodity and students will likely follow the school no matter where it moves to. Rincon Alumni Group wouldn’t be upset. 2 Sites would move (UHS & Dodge) and Palo Verde’s student body would move. Administrative vacancies at Rincon might decrease the need to dismiss administrators Rincon is a more centralized campus for UHS. Rincon has more schools closer to it geographically to distribute displaced students. 1 Site moves (Dodge) and Rincon’s student body would move. PV’s Athletic facilities more appropriate for a 5A school.

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