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📊 The Numbers Don’t Lie: TUSD’s $480M Bond, 89% Student Failure, and 40% Performance Supe Rating

Three Sonorans
6 min readDec 30, 2024

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A TUSD whistleblower group just dropped 📦 some major tea about the district’s leadership problems! The Nov 2024 election drama 🗳️, budget mess 💰, questionable promotions 📈, and safety concerns at schools 🏫 are all exposed in this 15-page open letter. Big issues at Tucson High and audit problems show how things aren’t working right. The group claims Superintendent Trujillo only works part-time but gets full-time pay 🤔, and there’s drama about guns on campus being covered up 🚫.

  • 🚫 Students report feeling unsafe with drug dealing and violence in hallways
  • 💰 $480M bond money questioned while schools lack basic heating/cooling
  • 👨‍💼 Superintendent working “part-time” while receiving full-time pay
  • 📉 Academic achievement declining despite administration claims
  • 🤐 Pattern of retaliation against those who speak up
  • 🏫 Flagship school (Tucson High) operating with long-term substitutes
  • 🔍 Internal Auditor blocked from meeting with Board

An open letter from the TUSD Whistleblower Group on December 13, 2024, signifies a crucial milestone in monitoring Tucson’s educational system.

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Three Sonorans
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