Meanwhile, a board meeting last week set the stage for potential permanent closures of multiple Glendale schools.
Due to falling enrollment, the Glendale Elementary School District Governing Board outlined proposed closures of five of the districtâs 17 schools in two phases.
The first phase would close Melvin E. Sine and Isaac E. Imes schools before the 2021-22 school year, with Coyote Ridge, Desert Garden and Bicentennial North potentially closing the following school year.
Facing an $11 million-plus budget deficit, âGESD will ensure financial solvency by providing the community a multi-year process of reorganizing boundaries and repurposing schools by June 2021,â according to a presentation at the Jan. 28 meeting.
While Peoria Unified and Deer Valley school districts are giving students the option of online or in-classroom learning, Glendale Elementary School District is keeping its classrooms closed.
On Thursday, Jan. 21, after Maricopa County updated its school metrics site, GESD Superintendent Cindy Segotta-Jones posted a message notifying families district classrooms would remain closed.
âTo ensure the safety of all, GESD will continue in a virtual model and monitor all data to determine when it is safe to return,â she wrote. She noted district ZIP codes âshow extremely high positivity rates pertaining to COVID-19.â
The data showed the communities surrounding GESD schools had more than 900 new cases per 100,000 population over the last week.
The Arizona man who was pictured wearing horns and face paint during the D.C. riots has been arrested, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The Arizona man who was pictured wearing horns and face paint during the D.C. riots has been arrested, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The Arizona man who was pictured wearing horns and face paint during the D.C. riots has been arrested, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.