Mesa district to consider closing schools again - East Valley Tribune: Mesa: "Declining enrollment means Mesa's 13 junior high schools have space for 3,600 students who aren't there.
With that many empty seats, Mesa Unified School District leadership plans to present options -- which will likely include closing schools -- to the governing board in two weeks.
Mesa's enrollment topped 72,000 students only a few years ago. This year, the district had planned on an additional decline, but instead saw enrollment stay steady for the first time in several years. The district has about 64,200 students this year.
But with the previous loss of students and the move of ninth-graders to the district's high schools, there are only about 9,400 students occupying space built for 13,100 students in the brick-and-mortar buildings on junior high campuses, said Bobette Sylvester, the district's assistant superintendent for business and support services."
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