ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Amphitheater School District is closing in on plans to close four elementary schools by next fall, following a governing board meeting held Tuesday night, citing the financial strain from current student enrollment.

Superintendent Todd Jaeger’s recommendation released last month said the district’s school have capacity for 19,000 students, however the current enrollment is about 10,500 children. Jaeger on Tuesday night pointed to falling birth rates and the expansion of school choice vouchers as some reasons for the enrollment woes.

Jaeger told Amphi Public Schools Governing Board members that the combination of fewer students with rising operational costs make the closures a necessity. However, several parents who sat through the more than three and a half

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