Scottsdale Unified represents a prime example of a “Field of Dreams” approach to construction gone wrong. Despite an approximate 66% utilization rate in 2012, Scottsdale Unified passed a $229,000,000 bond issue to construct new space in 2016. Part of that bond issue involved tearing down and rebuilding Scottsdale Unified’s Pima Elementary School, among others. Despite a statewide decline in district enrollment of 47,500 students after 2019, Arizona school districts spent $8.9 billion on capital spending. Pima Elementary could live again as the host to multiple high-demand small schools.