Voters in a fast-growing public school district roughly 10 miles to the northwest of Phoenix have given a green light to a $195 million bond designed to fund a host of facility upgrades.
By a roughly 54% to 46% margin, residents in the Glendale Union High School District approved a bond that will largely pay for renovations to a total of nine long-standing high schools.
Of those nine schools, one was built in 1911, four between 1953 and 1965, and another four in the 1970s.
The district, with an enrollment that has jumped from around 12,000 in the 1990s to 17,000, mirrors trends in larger Glendale itself, which jumped from nearly 148,000 residents in the late 1990s, to around 250,000 today.
A special committee was established earlier this year to prioritize potential projects to be funded by the bond and eventually settled on safety and security upgrades to all the high schools.
The bonds will also fund improvements to the schools’ electrical and plumbing systems, locker room renovations, and new performing arts space lighting and technology.
November 11, 2024
By Garry Boulard
