Schools make bank on solar

Drive down Highway 80 into Tombstone and look to the left. A sprawling yellow school reveals itself and to its left stands a little patch of blue. Solar is shining at Tombstone High. Over the past 10 years, school districts in Arizona have been making the transition to solar energy. One of the early adopters…

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TUSD Pledges to be ‘Destination District’

The Tucson Unified School District is promising to welcome and provide educational opportunities to all of its students, regardless of immigration status. At the end of March, the TUSD Governing Board voted unanimously 5-0 on a resolution that labeled the district as an “immigrant destination district,” and to support National Educator’s Coming Out Day, celebrated…

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TUSD Parent Notification System

Tucson Unified School District is the largest district in Tucson and doesn’t have a parent notification system. The TUSD Governing Board voted to approve buying the ParentLink system for the district, which will cost 72,000 per year. Director for Communications for TUSD Cara Rene said the lack of a notification system was a problem for the…

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