In 2022, Arizona lawmakers made a state school voucher program universal, just four years after voters shot down the proposal by a two-to-one margin. Now, at least 42 educators, counselors and other support staff in Mesa Public Schools, Arizona's largest school district, are feeling the hurt, receiving notice that they’re the victims of a reduction in force earlier this year.
Kelly Berg, an educator at Dobson High School and local union leader who’s spent nearly 30 years teaching in the state, told Salon that cuts like these will have dire consequences for public schools.
