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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Kyrene mulls big bond, capital elections stakeholders supported both the bond request as well as the District Additional Assistance, or DAA, override. Board members – none of whom raised objections to the likely ask – are expected to consider a formal election request at their meeting next Tuesday, May 23. If they approve it, Kyrene will be part of an all-mail ballot that will also include the City of Phoenix’s first General Obligation bond request in 17 years – a $500 million request to pay for a host of building projects, mostly fire
stations and police facilities. Board approval of a bond election also will make Kyrene a part of what Herrmann called “a record year for the state of Arizona when it comes to bond elections” by school districts. He said as many as 25 districts will be putting bond measures totaling “roughly between $2.5 billion and $3 billion.” Mesa Public Schools Governing Board last week approved a $500 million bond measure
Wheels up BUSINESS ......... 31
Phoenix Fire upbeat about meeting 911 call challenges
Ahwatukee lingerie store no one size fits all.
BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
T COMMUNITY ..... 25 Longtime multimedia teacher a lifetime achiever.
he Kyrene School District administration last week proposed asking voters in November to approve a $161 million bond and an $8.5 million override for the budget for smaller capital projects. Saying “safety and security is going to be a big focus in this next bond cycle,” Chief Financial Officer Chris Herrmann on May 9 said a citizens committee comprising 17 to 26 district
see BOND page 12
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READY FOR THE
FUTURE
Natalie Schatton of Ahwatukee, a student at University of North Dakota Aerospace at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, can keep learning to fly and fulfill her dream of becoming a commercial airlines pilot even though she has Type 1 diabetes because of a device invented by an East Valley company and a determined student pilot from. Scottsdale. For the story, see page 22. (David Minton/AFN Staff Photographer)
hoenix Fire could cut thousands of calls a year for medical and welfare-checks with the changes it is adopting for its dispatch center, department officials told a city council subcommittee last week. By having dispatchers ask additional questions of a 911 caller, as much as 90% of some types of calls that might normally be answered by an ambulance or fire truck crew can be diverted, Executive Assistant Fire Chief Scott Walker said. Moreover, those changes and several other staffing and scheduling changes are helping the department cope with higher call volumes
see FIRE page 5
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