Funny how this article doesn't point out that the ASD added 1,026 FTE staff positions  (15% increase) between 2000 and 2010 while student enrollment was declining. 

ASD has FEWER students in neighborhood elementary schools than we had in 1983. Yet, we've added over 1,200,000 square feet of new elementary floor space since then. That's equal to 20 new 60,000sf schools with FEWER kids. The cost of maintaining unnecessary floors space could be used to save 100's of teaching positions.