SchoolsFriday, November 13
Gilbert Public Schools is weighing a Mesquite Junior High closure and changes at two elementary schools
The Good Day Gilbert team
If you have a student at Mesquite Junior High, Canyon Rim or Spectrum Elementary, here's what's on the table. Gilbert Public Schools presented changes for 2027-28 to its governing board at a Nov. 10 work study, as enrollment declines.
Superintendent Jared Ryan said incoming kindergarten classes are approximately 1,200 students smaller than graduating senior classes. Meetings on each issue start soon.
1,200approximate gap between kindergarten and senior class sizes
Ryan said that gap requires the district to adjust how it uses its facilities and resources.
Source: yourvalley.net
- Mesquite Junior High: could close, with students moving to Mesquite High
- Mesquite High School: would become a grades 7-12 school
- Canyon Rim and Spectrum Elementary: would become traditional academies
- Also proposed: expanded transportation to attract students
A Mesquite Junior High vote could come in mid-January
- Nov. 10The district presents the proposals to its governing board at a work study
- Mid-Jan.A vote on closing Mesquite Junior High could happen in mid-January
- 2027-28Proposed school changes would start
Sources: ABC15 Arizona, yourvalley.net
Gilbert is now the third district this school year considering campus closures, after Scottsdale Unified and Florence Unified. The district closed one elementary school last year.
Sources: ABC15 Arizona, yourvalley.net