Voters in Growing Phoenix School District Looking at Comprehensive November Facilities Bond Proposal8/25/2023 A big bond is being proposed in a big school district in Phoenix to pay for everything from building and renovating several school facilities and improving athletic grounds, to purchasing land for future school construction. Encompassing a span of 220 square miles, the Phoenix Union High School District is one of the oldest in the state and includes 24 individual schools. It is a high school-only district. In May, members of the district Governing Board voted to put on this November’s ballot a $475 million bond that will primarily go for installing new heating and cooling systems in each of the district’s school facilities, while also installing new roofing and flooring. Specific school building projects include the renovations to the Metro Tech High School, which is located at 1900 W. Thomas Road and houses the district’s career and technical education classes. A remodeling of the Phoenix Digital Academy building at 4520 N. Central Avenue is also in store; as is an upgrading of a structure at 3701 W. Tomas Road, which is slated to house the district’s Phoenix Educator Preparatory school. Serving more than 28,000 students, most of whom are of Hispanic origin, the Phoenix Union High School District has seen an enrollment growth of more than 1,000 students in the last decade. The growth has been particularly noted in the former predominantly rural Laveen community, which has seen its population jump from just under 48,000 two years ago to more than 50,200 today. Responding to that growth, Phoenix Union High School District officials have promised to build a small school just for that community. That school will be only the latest of some half a dozen smaller facilities the district has built in the last decade. By Garry Boulard
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