TUSD superintendent advises closing Hudlow Elementary

Recommendation

The Tucson Unified School District superintendent has advised the district’s school board to close Hudlow Elementary and move the school’s students to Sewell Elementary.

The recommendation places the future of Hudlow Elementary before the Tucson Unified school board. Closing Hudlow would end the school’s operation and shift its students to Sewell.

Board decision

The superintendent’s advice is a recommendation, not the closure itself. The school board will need to consider the proposal and take formal action before the change can occur.

The board’s decision will determine whether Hudlow closes and whether its students are reassigned to Sewell. Any action by the board would establish the next step for the two schools.

What the proposal means

For Hudlow families, the proposal concerns where students would attend school if the board approves the closure. Sewell would become the receiving school for those students under the superintendent’s recommendation.

The recommendation identifies the two schools involved: Hudlow Elementary, which would close, and Sewell Elementary, which would receive the students. The district has not announced a separate outcome for the proposal in the information available here.

Next step

The matter now goes to the Tucson Unified school board for consideration. The board’s action will determine whether the superintendent’s recommendation becomes a district decision.