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Arizona Teacher Walkout: What Districts Are Closed On Thursday
While the state legislature is close to passing a funding measure providing more money for education, some districts remain closed Thursday.
PHOENIX, AZ – While teachers want to be at work teaching students, they have said they will not return to work until the state legislature passes a budget providing more funding for education and money to provided raises to them, among the lowest paid in the country.
While that could happen late Wednesday night, it's too late for some schools to prepare to reopen.
So, as of early Wednesday evening, here's a list of which districts are open and closed.
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Districts That Will Be Closed On Thursday
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- Alhambra Elementary School District
- Amphitheater Public Schools
- Arizona School for the Arts
- Balsz Elementary School District
- Cartwright School District
- Catalina Foothills Unified School District
- Creighton Elementary School District
- Deer Valley Unified School District
- Dysart Unified School District
- Flagstaff Unified School District
- Gadsden Elementary School District
- Gilbert Public Schools
- Glendale Elementary School District
- Glendale Union High School District
- Higley Unified School District
- Kyrene School District
- Liberty Elementary School District
- Litchfield Elementary School District
- Littleton Elementary School District
- Madison Elementary School District (All but one school, Madison Park)
- Marana Unified School District
- Maricopa Unified School District
- Mesa Public Schools
- Nogales Unified School District
- Osborn School District
- Paradise Valley Unified School District
- Pendergast Elementary School District
- Peoria Unified School District
- Phoenix Elementary School District
- Roosevelt School District
- Scottsdale Unified School District – All schools but two will be closed
- Sunnyside Unified School District
- Tempe Elementary School District
- Tucson Unified School District
- Washington Elementary School District
- Yuma Elementary School District
- Yuma Union High School District
Districts That Will Be Open Thursday
- Apache Junction Unified School District
- Buckeye Elementary School District
- Chandler Unified School District
- Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District
- Florence Unified School District
- Gilbert Public Schools
- Globe Unified School District
- Holbrook Unified School District
- Humboldt Unified School District
- Kingman Unified School District
- Maricopa Unified School District
- Phoenix Union High School
- Queen Creek Unified School District – Anticipates being open
- Scottsdale Unified School District – Pima Elementary and Ingleside Middle will be open, the rest will be closed
- Sierra Vista Unified School Disrict
- Tempe Union High School District
- Tolleon Unified School District
- Winslow Unified School District
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