The Catalina Foothills School District will ask voters to extend a pair of budget overrides in November as a way to prevent staff and program cuts.
The district's Governing Board is asking for the overrides, which would add about $3 million each year to the district's budget.
If voters don't approve the overrides, Catalina Foothills could cut teachers and other positions, which could increase class sizes at all grade levels as well as reduce other programs, said Superintendent Mary Kamerzell.
District officials have not identified any specific positions, programs or number of employees that would be eliminated or reduced, Kamerzell said.
"If voters do not approve the overrides, the hard work is trying to figure out what to cut," she said.
Catalina Foothills will use traditional polling sites, which will cost the district $107,629.
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A 10 percent override would help preserve class sizes and programs, while a 3.3 percent measure, formerly known as the kindergarten-through-third-grade override, would primarily pay for elementary school programs.
Voters last approved both measures in 2008, but the overrides will begin to phase out within the next two fiscal years, Kamerzell said.
The overrides have supplemented Catalina Foothills' budget since the mid-1980s.
However, the district's funding has been reduced by more than 20 percent since voters approved the 2008 measures.
Catalina Foothills is one of two Tucson school districts that will face staff and program cuts if voters don't approve an override.
The Sunnyside Unified School District voted earlier this summer to hold an override election.
Sunnyside would lose about $8.9 million from its budget if the measure doesn't pass.
Contact reporter Jamar Younger at jyounger@azstarnet.com or 573-4242. On Twitter: @JamarYounger
