By Brenna Bailey | Arizona Daily Star
Four TUSD schools struggling with academic achievement and integration will retain their magnet statuses and the desegregation funding that comes with them, according to a recent filing in the district’s decades-long desegregation case.
U.S. District Court Judge David C. Bury ruled that Roskruge K-8, Booth-Fickett K-8, Drachman Montessori K-8 and Borton Elementary will retain their magnet statuses for the time being.
The four schools, along with Holladay Elementary, have been at risk of losing their magnets since November because they weren’t meeting academic achievement and/or integration standards set by TUSD’s Unitary Status Plan, according to a filing by Special Master Willis
Hawley, a desegregation expert appointed by the court to oversee the district’s efforts.
