Paradise Valley Unified School District recall, Arizona (2020-2021)

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Paradise Valley Unified School District recall
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Officeholders
Julie Bacon
Anne Greenberg
Susan Matura
Recall status
Did not go to a vote
See also
Recall overview
Political recall efforts, 2021
Recalls in Arizona
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School board recalls
Recall reports

An effort to recall three of the five members of the Paradise Valley Unified School District Governing Board failed to qualify for the ballot in 2021. Julie Bacon, Anne Greenberg, and Susan Matura were named in the recall petitions. To get the recall on the ballot, recall supporters would have had to collect 17,145 signatures per board member by March 18, 2021.[1]

Recall supporters listed the board's decision to close schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the recall effort.[1]

Greenberg won re-election to a four-year term on the board in the at-large general election for three seats on November 3, 2020. In the general election for two seats on November 6, 2018, Bacon won re-election, and Matura won her first term on the board.

To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.

Recall supporters

Arguments for recall against Bacon

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Arguments for recall against Greenberg

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Arguments for recall against Matura

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Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona

Recall supporters filed the applications for recall petitions on November 19, 2020. To get the recall on the ballot, they would have had to collect 17,145 signatures per board member by March 18, 2021.[1]

About the district

Paradise Valley Unified School District is located in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Paradise Valley Unified School District is located in Maricopa County, Arizona. It is classified as a large city school district by the National Center for Education Statistics. The district served 31,020 students during the 2018-2019 school year and comprised 46 schools.[2]


During the 2018-2019 school year, 33.0% of the district's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 6.1% were English language learners, and 14.8% of students had an Individual Education Plan (IEP).[3]

Racial Demographics, 2018-2019
Race Paradise Valley Unified School District (%) Arizona K-12 students (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 1.1 4.5
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 3.2 2.9
Black 3.4 5.5
Hispanic 31.6 45.6
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.3 0.4
Two or More Races 4.3 3.3
White 56.1 37.8

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Recalls related to the coronavirus

See also: Recalls related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and government responses to the pandemic

Ballotpedia covered 35 coronavirus-related recall efforts against 94 officials in 2022, accounting for 13% of recalls that year. This is a decrease from both 2020 and 2021. COVID-related recalls accounted for 37% of all recall efforts in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 87 COVID-related recalls against 89 officials, and in 2021, there were 131 against 214 officials.

The chart below compares coronavirus-related recalls to recalls for all other reasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

2021 recall efforts

See also: School board recalls

Ballotpedia tracked 92 school board recall efforts against 237 board members in 2021. Recall elections against 17 board members were held in 2021. The school board recall success rate was 0.42%.

The chart below details the status of 2021 recall efforts by individual school board member.

2020 recall efforts

See also: School board recalls

Ballotpedia tracked 29 school board recall efforts against 64 board members in 2020. Four recall elections were held in 2020. The school board recall success rate was 7.8%.

The chart below details the status of 2020 recall efforts by individual school board member.

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