Chairs still on tables on a school day, the first day of Teacher Walkout, at Catalina Foothills High School. A skeleton staff getting some work done.

Tucson’s nine major districts will close all their campuses Thursday, leaving roughly 116,000 students without a school to attend.

Amphitheater, Flowing Wells, Marana, Sunnyside and Tucson Unified have plans to provide free and reduced-cost breakfast and lunch for students. But beyond that, the walkout has crippled schools’ ability to care for students. 

Some districts are holding out hope that school will open again on Friday, TUSD, Marana, Flowing Wells all decided to close for the walkout as well.

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