February 2019
Reagan Hazlett, 7, relaxes and waits for a fish to nibble at Red Mountain Park’s Family Fishing Day.
Vaping issue clouds drug numbers for Mesa schools
Mesa to auction prime piece of pristine desert
By Jason Stone
By Jim Walsh
Mesa Public Schools attorney Tom Pickrell discusses drug policy with the governing board during a recent meeting. (Photos courtesy YouTube)
Mesa Public School district administrators and school principals are trying to sort the drug users from the tobacco smokers when it comes to vaping. Administrators all across the country are dealing with today’s unique problem: When a student is caught vaping, how do they know what’s in the electronic pen? That was an issue recently discussed during a presentation about the district’s latest statistics for drug and alcohol offenses. “Sometimes there are illegal substances in the substance being vaped,” said Helen Hollands, a district spokeswoman.
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City officials plan to auction 132 acres of pristine desert in Northeast Mesa for what they say could become another Las Sendas. The city bought the large piece of scenic land around Thomas and Recker roads 20 years ago for a district park after voters approved a $4 million bond issue. But the land has sat vacant since 1998, and Mesa City Council recently authorized the administration to auction off the swath of undulating, pristine, saguarostudded land. The move didn’t sit well with former city council candidate and Red Mountain Will long-vacant land become another Las Sendas? (Photo by Jim Walsh)
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