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Tucson Unified School District recall, Arizona (2015)
| Tucson Unified School District Board of Education recall |
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Cam Juarez Kristel Foster |
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| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2015 Recalls in Arizona Arizona recall laws School board recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall three members from the Tucson Unified School District Board of Education in Arizona failed to collect enough signatures to make it to the ballot.[1] A group called "Parents for Ethics" targeted board members Adelita Grijalva, Cam Juarez and Kristel Foster due to a concern of mismanaging district funds.[2]
Recall supporters
Brian Sauber, the community member who organized the group Parents for Ethics and filed initial recall paperwork against all three board members, said the main reason behind the recall effort was a recent 24 percent pay raise given to the superintendent. The vote for the raise passed 3-2 with Grijalva, Juarez and Foster voting in favor. The raise made Dr. H. T. Sánchez the highest paid superintendent in the state. Several other administrators also received $10,000 bonuses.[3]
Sauber said a second reason for the recall was an investigation conducted by the Arizona Attorney General into possible open meeting law violations by the board.[3] The group also said the board had been unresponsive to their concerns.[2]
Sauber worked for Tucson Unified for more than 20 years but was fired from his position. Before starting the recall effort, Sauber started a petition to try to get his job back.[2] That petition can be found here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona
Parents for Ethics filed initial paperwork with the Pima County Schools Superintendent's Office on July 22, 2015. To get the recall on the ballot, the group had to collect 15,067 signatures for each member by November 19, 2015.[3] They failed to submit enough signatures by the deadline.[1]
About the district
- See also: Tucson Unified School District, Arizona
Tucson Unified School District is located in south-central Arizona in Pima County. Tucson is its county seat. In 2013, Pima County was home to 996,554 residents, according to United States Census Bureau estimates.[4] In the 2012-2013 school year, the Tucson Unified School District was the second-largest school district by enrollment in Arizona and served 50,771 students.[5]
Demographics
Pima County outperformed the rest of Arizona in terms of higher education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 29.4 percent of Pima County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 26.6 percent for Arizona as a whole. The median household income for the county was $46,443, compared to $50,256 statewide. The poverty rate in Pima County was 18.5 percent, compared to 17.2 percent for the entire state.[4]
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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.
Recent news
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See also
- Tucson Unified School District, Arizona
- Recall campaigns in Arizona
- Political recall efforts, 2015
- School board recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arizona Daily Star, "TUSD recall organizer fails to make filing deadline," November 19, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tucson News Now, "Drive to recall three TUSD board members," July 24, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 KGUN 9, "Effort to recall three TUSD board members underway," July 22, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Pima County, Arizona, Quick Facts," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 29, 2015
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Previous Elections," accessed August 18, 2014
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