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Coyotes behind on arena rent

BY TOM SCANLON

Glendale Star Managing Editor

NEWS...............8 Glendale asks voters for $180 million in bonds

BUSINESS .... 14 It’s a very good time to be selling a home

Over the last decade, Glendale has become quite a sports hub.

Normally, this time of year the Westgate Entertainment District would be buzzing, with the pre- and post-game crowds from Arizona Cardinals games at State Farm Stadium and fans spilling out of Arizona Coyotes games at Gila River Arena.

But “normal” is perhaps the least appropriate word to describe 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic year.

The Cardinals kicked off their home season Sept. 20—but with no fans allowed.

As such, sports bars like McFadden’s at Westgate had just a smattering of fans.

McFadden’s is next door to Gila River Arena, which normally is also a magnet.

While the 2020-21 Coyotes season was

Antibody test as classrooms reopen

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remainder of our students to return on Sept. 28.”

Officials say a new antibody Glendale Union High test will help them understand School District has a slower the spread of COVID-19—and reopening plan. On Sept. 18, potential immunity to the disGUHSD posted, “Due to the ease. current data, we are announcThe new test could provide ing today that the GUHSD more data for schools. Though will begin the hybrid learnmost Glendale public schools ing model starting Monday, remain in online-only mode, Oct. 19.” recent COVID-19 data is giving Similarly, Glendale Eldistricts confidence to move forementary School District ward with plans to reopen class- Maricopa County Department of Public Health is reaching out to several West Valley posted: “Based on (recomneighborhoods for a “serosurvey.” Testing blood draws from volunteers is aimed mended) health metrics, and rooms in the coming weeks. determining the percentage of Maricopa County residents who have COVID-19 According to Peoria Unified at as long as the data continues antibodies. (Photo courtesy MCDPH) School District Superintento be favorable, we project we dent Jason W. Reynolds, after opening ond-graders Sept. 21, “If the positive trend will be able to reopen our schools on MonSEE TEST PAGE 5 classrooms for kindergarten through sec- in our data continues, we will invite the

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SPORTS ........ 16 High school football almost ready to kick off

OPINION..................... 12 BUSINESS.................. 14 SPORTS ...................... 16 FEATURES.................. 17 RELIGION ................... 18 YOUTH........................ 20 CLASSIFIEDS ............. 21

scheduled to begin this The Arizona Cardinals home opener saw empty parking lots and only a smatmonth, the 2019-20 sea- tering of fans at nearby venues, like McFadden’s at Westgate Entertainment (Glendale Star photo by Tom Scanlon) Next to McFadden’s, Gila River Arena son was pushed back by District. patiently awaits rent checks from the Arizona Coyotes. (Glendale Star file photo) the pandemic. A Stanley Cup champion has yet to be crowned. management agreement with ASM Global.

Though the Coyotes made the playoffs, “A representative of ASM has informed the team’s quick exit was only the begin- us that the team has an outstanding balning of a bad run. ance that was due to ASM by June 30 but The Coyotes are way behind on rent has not been paid,” City Manager Kevin payments.

Phelps said.

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Asked about this, Richard Nairn, executive vice president of the Coyotes, said, “We have no comment.”

“ASM is current on all payments to the city,” Phelps noted. He said ASM’s agreement with the city gives them until Nov. 1 for its next payment. “We have been assured by ASM that they will make their payment by that contractual deadline,” Phelps said.

Dale Adams, ASM’s general manager of the Gila River Arena, sounded unworried about the situation.

“We’re working with the Coyotes now with the situation being what it is,” Adams said.

“There’s no emergency. … It’s a non-issue as far as I know right now.”

He noted top management of the hockey team has changed.

“It’s a new group they got there with their own ways of doing things. Things got delayed, and we’re working with them,” Adams said.

The Coyotes started the 2019-20 preseason Sept. 15, 2019, and the regular season two weeks later.

The only certainty about the 2020-21 hockey season is that it won’t start on time.

Speaking from the “playoff bubble” in Canada before the Stanley Cup Final round, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said he “would not be surprised” if the start date for the 2020-21 season “slips into later December, (or) could slip into January,” according to ESPN. That is about the time frame that Adams expects concerts to resume at Gila River Arena.

He said ASM Global, which has 300 stadiums, convention centers and theaters, is preparing for a resumption of mass gatherings with VenueShield, a hygiene protocol.

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City begins reopening recreation facilities, library services

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF The city of Glendale is preparing to welcome residents back to recreation facilities and sports fields closed earlier this year to fight the spread of COVID-19.

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 1, the Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center will begin a phased reopening. At the same time, reservations will resume for Glendale sports fields, while additional library services will be added.

The Foothills Recreation Center will begin a staged reopening to current members only. The center will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with 90-minute sessions offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Temperature checks will take place on all members as they enter the facility, and masks will be required at all times.

Also on Thursday, Oct. 1, the city will open the Foothills Aquatics Center to current members only from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday for lap swim only. Temperature checks will take

place on all members as they enter the facility, and masks will be required, except when in the water.

The city will open reservations Oct. 1 for gatherings and programs for the Glendale Youth Sports Complex, Foothills Sports Complex, Paseo Sports Complex, Thunderbird Paseo Linear Park, Sahuaro Ranch Sports Complex and park ramadas. Use of these amenities will be by reservation only, and the applicant will be responsible for following all CDC and AZDHS guidelines.

On Thursday, Oct. 1, the Glendale libraries will allow patrons access to computers on a limited basis as part of their Express Computer Access plan. Patrons will be able to use library computers during 30-minute sessions that will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. The use of the computers will require constant staff monitoring and thorough cleaning between each session. To maintain physical distancing, staff will move devices around in the walk-through area or adjacent rooms as appropriate.

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LD 20 and 21 candidate forum scheduled

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF As the election enters its stretch run, the group Save Our Schools will sponsor a candidate forum at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30.

The event will be online at facebook. com/SaveOurSchoolsArizona.

The “Forum for Education” event features candidates from Legislative Districts 20 and 21.

From District 20, Senate candidates Paul Boyer of Glendale, the incumbent, and challenger Douglas Ervin of Phoenix are expected to participate, as well as Arizona House incumbents Anthony Kern of Glendale and Shawnna Bollick of Phoenix and challenger Judy Schwiebert of Phoenix.

From District 21, Senate candidates Rick Gray of Sun City, the incumbent, and challenger Brian Whitman of Peoria are expected to participate, as well as Arizona House of Representatives incumbent Kevin Payne of Peoria and challengers Beverly Pingerelli of Peoria, Randy Miller of Sun City and Kathy Knecht of Peoria.

In school board races, five candidates will be on the ballot for the Deer Valley Unified School District board and four for the Glendale Elementary School District board. Both districts have three seats open and had one candidate withdraw.

A robust field of nine candidates will fight for three Peoria Unified School District governing board seats.

The Peoria United Parent Council hosted a PUSD board candidate forum Sept. 21.

Glendale Union High School District will not have an election, as only three candidates filed for the three seats that are open. Laura Arita, Patti Jo Hussey and Pam Reicks will be appointed to the GUHSD board.

The Nov. 3 election is the final election held between nominees of various parties, as well as nonpartisan races including school board elections, ballot propositions and initiatives.

Registered voters can vote by mail or in person.

The Maricopa County Elections De-

partment mailed military and overseas ballots Wednesday, Sept. 16.

The voter registration deadline is Oct. 5.

The county will mail early ballots mail Oct. 7.

In-person voting begins Oct. 7, through Election Day. All voting locations will follow strict physical distancing and cleaning guidelines, according to the county.

Oct. 23 is the last day to request a ballot in the mail.

For more information, visit recorder. maricopa.gov/elections.

To check on your voting status, visit recorder.maricopa.gov/BeBallotReady.

Glendale Works helps provide jobs, support for homeless

BY BRIAN CANO SR.

Glendale Star Staff Writer

At a Sept. 8 Glendale City Council Workshop, Community Services Director Jean Moreno updated the council on

expanding Phoenix Rescue Mission’s Glendale Works program.

Glendale Works helps provide work and support services for homeless individuals with the aim of permanent housing.

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“The Glendale Works program is meant to be an innovation in the area of homelessness outreach,” Phoenix Rescue Mission Chief Program Officer Nathan Smith said. “Individuals living on the streets, have got to find some ability to motivate them, to inspire them, to seek solutions.”

Smith said the Glendale Works provide a meaningful solution with tangible outcomes that includes hygiene products and many other services offered by PRM. “It instills a sense of dignity,” Smith said.

Jussane Goodman of the agency said Glendale Works decreases homelessness by creating work opportunities and relationships built on trust.

“We want to not just be a day labor opportunity but meaningful work,” Goodman said. “We want to be able to increase interaction.”

Goodman said PRM assesses each participant’s needs by defining a plan for self-sufficiency. She said program participants work five hours and receive $60 cash and a meal.

Goodman said 350 participants have worked 2,439 shifts and 12,260 hours and earned $136,940 in wages.

In addition, Goodman said program participants have taken part in 206 city cleanup projects along with 77 housing and 34 job placements.

According to Smith, going forward, the expanded program will provide

more than 4,000 interaction opportunities. Smith said engagement provides pathways to long-term sustainability for those experiencing homelessness.

“More interactions with individuals mean more opportunities to inspire and motivate,” Smith said. “More resources, for this, gives us the ability to help more individuals more frequently.”

Smith believes employment is a longterm solution for breaking cycles of substance abuse and homelessness. Smith said by placing people on productive paths, it hands them the keys to unlock their once unknown potential.

“This program does often engage the most difficult people to get off the streets,” Smith said. “The chronically homeless, which means they have a disabling condition.”

Councilman Ray Malnar asked PRM staff regarding the program’s capacity limits and permanent housing rate success.

“It really comes down to the individual,” Goodman said. “Unfortunately, two of the largest barriers we see are substance abuse and mental health.”

According to Moreno, going forward, more information on Glendale Works will be offered at the next “fully transparent” workshop held the second week of October.

“This is a great program helping really good people,” Councilman Jamie Aldama said. “They’ve had a hard time.”

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when we can relax social distancing day, Oct. 19.” and mask requirements,” she noted.

Those eager for schools to reopen Asked how long she thinks antibodies will anxiously await results of a coun- will provide immunity to COVID-19, ty-wide survey.

Sunenshine hedged. “I would not feel This week, Maricopa County Pub- comfortable answering that,” she said, lic Health is finalizing a noting the disease is still new “serosurvey.” The in its early stages. random test includes “But we know that Glendale ZIP code 85304 literature supports that and Peoria 85382, as well most people who have as Avondale 85323 and had COVID-19 do deTolleson 85037. velop antibodies and “Our goal is to get a have some protection. … random sample of MarWe’re all pretty confident icopa County,” said Dr. that protection lasts at Rebecca Sunenshine, the least three months.” county’s medical director According to the Marfor Disease Control. icopa County COVID-19 She stressed that 30 data tracker, the county communities around the has been collecting data DR. REBECCA SUNENSHINE county were selected ranon the coronavirus for domly, with a goal of seven participants eight months, with nearly 140,000 posin each community. itive test results.

Residents received a door hanger to In addition to the general site, in notify them of their eligibility for par- the last month the county launched ticipation. Those who volunteer to par- a School Reopening Dashboard and ticipate will do a blood draw—either in Guidance site. Both reflect positive a small tent set up at their homes or at a trends, with results showing the spread lab, as they prefer. of coronavirus slowing from previous The Mayo Clinic will test the blood months. for COVID-19 antibodies.

The Glendale Star asked Sunenshine “It will show presence of antibodies how she interprets recent data. to COVID-19, which indicates you had “Overall, the trends we’re seeing in or have COVID-19,” Sunenshine said. the county is that we peaked and our Participants will receive their test re- percentage positive rates are down sults by phone within two weeks. probably about the lowest we think we Meanwhile, the county will analyze will see them—and we have now plathe data to get a “big-picture” view of teaued,” she answered. the spread of coronavirus. “… We need to keep up social disThe presence of antibodies is key, as tancing, wearing masks and staying many who have COVID-19 may not home when we’re sick in order to keep know it, due to mild symptoms or none at low levels.” at all.

The Star also asked Sunenshine her “Especially early on in the pandem- expectations for community spread ic, not everyone who was infected was once students return to classrooms. tested. We also know that around 40% “Generally, it takes at least two of people infected with COVID-19 weeks before we start to see an impact never develop symptoms and may not on numbers from a change in scenarbe included in our case counts,” said io, whether that’s opening schools for Marcy Flanagan, executive director of in-person learning, interventions to the county’s public health department. reduce spread, or anything else,” she “The goal of this is for us to under- said. stand a county-wide perspective of the “We have been working with schools portion of the population with anti- regularly to offer guidance on how to bodies, which tells us how likely they reduce risk to students and staff when are to have some immunity and how classrooms reopen. If there are cases in many people we would have to vacci- schools, we will work closely with the nate,” Sunenshine said. school to ensure they have guidance to “That information is helpful to know stop COVID-19 spread.”

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Jim LaRue, a volunteer at Turning Leaf of the Nazarene Church, said images from a trail camera show an arsonist burned a cross on the church property. (Photos courtesy Jim LaRue)

September 24, 2020

Church celebrates new home despite recent cross burning

BY TOM SCANLON

Glendale Star Managing Editor

It’s a little difficult to focus on building a new church—when you find a cross burned on your property.

Such is the situation at Turning Leaf of the Nazarene Church, being built in unincorporated Maricopa County just outside Glendale.

The church has been celebrating services at its temporary home of Heritage School in Glendale.

Groundbreaking for the permanent church is scheduled for 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, on Litchfield Road just south of Bethany Home Road.

“We don’t have a physical address yet,” Pastor Jeff Fillis said.

“It’ll be a one-hour service on our land,” he said. “We’re asking people to bring their own chairs, and we’ll let them sit anywhere on the property.”

Many of the patrons will likely shake their heads in disgust, looking at a partially charred cross—a longtime landmark on the property (previously owned by another church).

The night of Sept. 14, the church received a call from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office informing them the cross was on fire.

How it started is a bit of a controversy.

“I read the report, and according to the fire department there were no suspicious circumstances,” said Sgt. Joa-

quin Enriquez of the MCSO. “They believe it was due to a battery pack that was attached, and there was a chemical smell to it.”

Though the cross did have lights, Fillis and others with the church are confident that didn’t start the fire.

The cross also had a camera—which shows a man in the act of arson, several say.

“We have trail cam footage of the guy with gas cans and an explosion of fire,” Fillis said.

Jim LaRue, a church volunteer with an engineering background, agrees.

“It was a definite arson,” said LaRue. “There is more damage at the bottom of the cross than the top.”

Fillis stressed that, though shaken by the incident, the church is ready to forgive and forget.

“We’re not trying to shame the guy or make him hated by the community,” the pastor said.

“Our attitude is we want it to be forgiveness, even if he’s not asking for it— as we are in this society where there’s so much hatred and division. We want to be people who are loving and bringing people together.”

He added that the church is putting new lights on the cross.

“It’s burnt but not falling over,” he said.

“Eventually, we’ll be putting a new cross up.”

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Four city bonds on the November ballot

BY JOSIAH STUART

Glendale Star Contributing Writer

In November, the city of Glendale will ask voters to approve four bonds for more than $180 million.

If approved, the bonds could raise property taxes—though the exact amount is to be determined.

Assistant City Manager Vicki Rios and the Budget and Finance Director Lisette Camacho gave a Sept. 17 presentation during a virtual meeting of the Community Development Advisory Committee on four bond questions that will be on the ballot.

If all four of the bond questions are approved, $187.9 million in new bond financing will become available for various infrastructure improvements as part of the city’s 10-year capital improvement plan.

Rios prefaced her presentation by stating their goal of educating the public and, in this case, the Community Development Advisory Committee on what is going to be on the ballot this November and what it means.

“Part of what we’ve been doing is kind of a public outreach campaign, and we decided early on we were going to go to where there were some people instead of expecting people to come to us,” Rios said.

The projects associated with the proposed bonds focus on four areas: park improvement, street reconstruction, the

expansion of the Glendale landfill and storm drain improvements. Camacho gave a presentation on some of the specifics of these projects.

There is $87.2 million in bond financing proposed to be added for various improvements to parks around Glendale. These would include projects such as updated playgrounds, updated restrooms and a splash pad at O’Neil park, among others.

Another $81.5 million is proposed to be added for street construction and reconstruction. This reconstruction would entail taking certain sections of high traffic streets in Glendale down to the “dirt level,” giving them a new lifespan of approximately 30 years. According to one of the video Camacho showed as part of her presentation, one of the goals of the project is to reconstruct three miles of road every year for 10 years.

Landfill expansion and flood control projects would take up another $9.9 million and $9.3 million, respectively, of the proposed additions.

There is currently $65 million in bond financing approved for the projects in these four areas, but that amount doesn’t cover the total $255.4 million cost of all the proposed projects in Camacho’s presentation.

That’s where the proposed bonds come in. Rios gave a presentation that explained the financial details of the

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proposed bonds.

In general, the process begins when the city sells a bond to a private investor in return for cash to be used on projects. The city then pays the investors back with interest over a period of 20 to 25 years.

According to Rios, the proposed bonds are general obligation bonds, meaning that they are “paid for with revenue generated by secondary property taxes.” Currently, this secondary property tax levy is flat. This means, according to her, that though an individual homeowner’s tax may change depending on the value of the property, the total amount of revenue that is collected by the city stays the same overall, only growing with new construction.

This applies to all of the proposed bond questions except those to be used for the expansion of the Glendale landfill, which would be paid for by landfill customers, according to the city of Glendale’s website.

Considering that the rest of the bonds would be paid for through property taxes, Rios addressed the possible impact on property taxes if all four questions are approved. She said this depends on the interest rate that the city pays investors.

This rate is determined by the bond market, though, so the exact rate that the city will pay investors is unknown.

However, Rios did point out that “bond market rates are at historic lows, and in some cases, they’re as low as 1%.”

Rios went through some projections with different interest rates.

Under the assumption of a 5% interest rate (a conservative number, according to Rios), the annual tax impact on a residence valued at $250,000 would be $172.44 if all four questions pass.

However, she also walked through a model that would allow the city to add these proposed bonds without increasing taxes on residents.

“Assuming you have a 3.5% interest rate on the bonds, and the older debt is paid off, and you have this slight growth in the tax levy as new properties are being added, the city could issue these new voter authorized bonds within the same tax levy as the old bonds,” Rios said.

As stated earlier, though, the eventual interest rate that these bonds would be sold at is still unknown, and wouldn’t be known unless the bonds are approved and then sold to investors.

There are several public meetings scheduled to continue informing the public of the bonds and of the details associated with them.

The next meeting is scheduled at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 25, at Heroes Regional Park Library, 6075 N. 83rd Avenue.

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Arizona had highest ‘housing loss’ rate; more evictions coming

BY MACKENZIE BELLEY Cronkite News

Arizona had the highest rate of “housing loss” in the nation, according to a new national study, and that was before what experts called a “tsunami of evictions” that is expected to hit this fall.

The report by New America Foundation looked at evictions and foreclosures by county across the country and found Arizona was first for overall housing loss and second for evictions from 2014-16. The state was third for foreclosures from 2014-18.

Displaced in America also included an in-depth look at Maricopa County, which experienced a “total housing loss” rate of 4.5% from 2014-18, more than double the national average during the period.

The trends behind those numbers do not bode well for this fall, experts said, when economic problems from the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to lead to more housing losses.

“From looking at the past patterns that we saw in this report, some of the drivers of housing loss really are amplified by the current pandemic,” said Patricia Solis, an Arizona State University geography professor and executive director of the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, which partnered with New America.

Job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic led Gov. Doug Ducey to sign an executive order in March putting evictions on hold until July, a moratorium he then extended to Oct. 31.

And a federal moratorium that was part of the first coronavirus relief bill was extended through the end of this year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which cited the risk of spreading COVID-19 if people are kicked out on the street.

But critics note that those policies do not include rent forgiveness, meaning many of the people who have lost income due to the pandemic will still be at risk of eviction once the moratori-

ums end. Researchers compared it to a dam trying to hold back the looming “tsunami of evictions.”

“This is clearly not a long-term solution toward what is a very challenging problem,” said Tempe Mayor Corey Woods, who was on the call for the release of the report.

The study said Maricopa County saw an average of 47,000 housing displacements per year from 2014 to 2018, and pointed to three main causes for the high rate of losses: low wages, lack of affordable housing and a high population on fixed incomes.

The study found that while Black and Latino households were more likely to experience housing insecurity, there was an even stronger correlation between lack of citizenship and housing loss.

“Language barriers, predatory rental practices, and a reluctance to engage with the government could all be contributing to this dynamic,” the report said.

Maryvale and Westridge Park saw the highest eviction rates in the Phoenix area, with as many as one household in three getting evicted each year.

New America’s recommendations to address the problem include expanding affordable housing options, improving tenants’ rights and getting the state to work proactively to prevent housing loss. Solis said that while the moratorium helps in the short term, it has effectively just pushed the problem down the road.

“We need to start thinking about what we’re going to put in place to ever really recover,” Solis said. “As a community we do not want to deal with the other end of this tsunami.”

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Serial bank robber arrested in Peoria

BY TOM SCANLON

Glendale Star Managing Editor

A “serial bank robber” accused of robbing three Peoria banks—and terrorizing tellers at four other West Valley banks—over the summer was arrested, according to the FBI. On Aug. 28, FBI agents and Phoenix Police Department officers arrested Scott David Williams, 59, outside Haymaker Thunderbird restaurant in Peoria near north Glendale.

He is accused of demanded money from tellers in a string of West Valley bank robberies.

According to the FBI, “Williams is now facing charges in connection with seven bank robberies throughout Arizona since June 2020, including: • Deer Valley Credit Union, Surprise.

• Chase Bank, Sun City.

• Chase Bank, Peoria.

• Desert Financial Credit Union, Sun City.

• Chase Bank, Peoria.

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• West Valley National Bank, Goodyear.

• Chase Bank, North Phoenix.

Williams is accused of stealing around $25,000 from the banks. His method was to calmly walk up to a teller, shove an envelope or bag at the teller and demand money.

At Chase Bank on West Lake Pleasant Parkway, according to court documents, on July 27 Williams “told the teller he had a partner waiting outside, the partner was listening to a police

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He also told the Peoria teller not to make any sudden moves, before leaving with $4,000.

Williams allegedly returned to Peoria Aug. 6, robbing another Chase Bank on West Northern Avenue. He repeated his threats and instructions before leaving with $3,700.

He allegedly drove out of the parking lot “at a high rate of speed,” jumping over a median on 91st Avenue before turning onto Northern Avenue.

His decision to hit a Goodyear bank Aug. 17 may have been his undoing.

According to court documents, Goodyear police officers investigated the West Valley National Bank robbery on Litchfield Road south of West Thomas Road. The Goodyear officers found a discarded black, long-sleeved shirt matching a description of what the suspect was wearing near Lexington and 144th avenues—less than a mile from the bank.

A week later, a Department of Public Safety lab found DNA from the shirt matched Williams.

He was in the system: After convictions for two California bank robberies, Williams was in prison from 1987 to 1994 and 1996 to 2007.

Though Williams had a Surprise address, investigators found a post office box he rented was shared by two others, who lived in Wickenburg, according to court documents.

On Aug. 26, investigators at a stakeout in Wickenburg spotted Williams and tracked him for two days.

On Aug. 28, detectives followed Williams from Wickenburg to North Phoenix, where he entered a Bank of America. He did not attempt to rob

that bank—“The presence of a security guard … dissuaded Wiliams from attempting to rob it at that time,” according to court documents.

Phoenix police detectives continued to follow Williams as he drove to a nearby Chase Bank near Carefree Highway and Interstate 17. There, he allegedly demanded money, “but the victim teller did not initially understand Williams due to the face covering and Williams speaking softly,” according to court documents.

“Williams then pushed a bag under the bandit barrier and said ‘fill it up with money.’ The victim teller realized it was a bank robbery and dispensed $1,000 from the cash machine. The victim teller tried to give the money to Williams, but Williams refused and said, ‘No, do it again.’

The victim teller dispensed another $1,000. Again the victim teller tried to give the money to Williams and again Williams insisted, saying, ‘No, do it again.’

“After dispensing another $1,000, the victim teller placed $3,000 in the bag and pushed it under the barrier.

This time Williams took the money and walked out of the bank.”

Detectives again followed Williams, who drove 20 miles to the Haymaker restaurant on West Thunderbird Road in Peoria.

After watching Williams discard a shirt he wore in the bank, Phoenix police officers arrested Williams, according to the court documents.

“The FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force would like to thank the Goodyear Police Department and Phoenix Police Department for their outstanding work on this case along with the Arizona Department of Public Safety laboratory, the Surprise Police Department, Peoria Police Department and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office,” said an FBI press release.

The FBI Violent Crime Task Force is a joint effort of the Phoenix Police Department, Peoria Police Department, Scottsdale Police Department, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office FATE team, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and the FBI.

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Support Our Schools to protect our quality of life

BY MATT BULLOCK, JILL MELARAGNI AND ANNETTE MCCARTY Guest Writers

For over 131 years, the Peoria Unified School District has been teaching the students of the Northwest Valley.

Founded in 1889, the original school’s class size varied between five and 15 students full time in the first few years.

Today, the district serves more than 36,000 students from Glendale, Peoria, Surprise and Youngtown in 34 elementary schools, seven high schools and one nontraditional high school. It is now the fourth-largest district in the entire state.

A lot has changed since the turn of the century, but one thing has remained certain—PUSD’s commitment to quality education then and now is reflected in its values: integrity, collaboration, excellence and equity. While our com-

munity has been tested in this pandemic, there is no doubt that our schools remain an important part of supporting our community and growing our local economy.

This November, voters in PUSD will be asked to vote on two key issues: a continuation of the existing override and a critical needs bond. Support Peoria Students—a committee of parents, business owners and community leaders— asks you to join us in voting “yes” on both issues.

It is no secret that people choose to live in our community because we have excellent property values and low crime. We are at the top of many, if not most, quality of life lists, including “Safest Cities in America” and “Best

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Our schools play a key role in keeping it that way. An investment in our schools is an investment in our quality of life.

Both items are a fiscally responsible approach that allows us to support our schools while keeping taxes low. The override is not a new tax—it is a continuation of the local funding that our schools have had in place for the past 24 years. The secondary property tax rate for the critical needs bond is expected to remain at or below $1.48, which means the tax rate will not increase.

So, what is on the ballot and why are there two items? The simple answer is overrides are about people and programs—they cannot be used for construction. Conversely, bonds fund construction and equipment—they cannot be used for staffing.

The override continuation funds teacher pay to help attract and retain quality teachers and keep class sizes small. It also funds important staff positions including nurses, assistant principals and physical education teachers.

Without it, the district would be forced to cut $28 million from its budget, including cuts to athletics, arts, music,

physical education, gifted education and full-day kindergarten.

The “Critical Needs” bond is focused on student and teacher safety, including investments in school security and key renovations to facilities in need of repair including air conditioning, heating, roofing projects, restrooms, parking and other critical items. It also invests in technology, replaces aging buses, and acquires land for the future construction of a new high school to keep up with growth. As participants of the bond process, we can say firsthand that these are simply the most essential items in need of repair and replacement to keep our students safe—they are not “luxury” items.

This is our opportunity to show the strength of our local support for our schools. We hope you will join us in voting “yes” to support our quality of life, attract jobs and train our future workforce, protect teacher pay and key programs, and fund critical needs and improvements to keep our students safe. Vote “yes” on the PUSD override and bond. Both are needed for a brighter future.

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READERS’ VIEWPOINTS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Living in a mobile home community

Editor: My wife and I moved into a gated mobile home community in July of 2012. We had lived in a block home in Glendale for approximately 40 years.

We decided we would downsize and had this gated mobile home community we had already checked out in mind to relocate to.

The park was built in the mid-1970s, like many others around the Valley, and was meant mostly for snowbirds but has many that live here year-round.

There are approximately 400 homes in our park with two pools and hot tubs, two clubhouses, located not far from where we lived in Glendale. It is a genuinely nice place with many activities put on by the residents’ activities club.

I guess the thing that I like best are the people. Many have lived here for

years and have always been involved in the activities. In its heyday you had to put your name on a waiting list to live here; that is how nice it was. Back then the owner strictly enforced the park rules and ran a tight ship, as they say, and that is what the residents liked about it, because they had a lot of money invested in their homes and wanted it to stay that way. The owner also kept the park in good repair and looked out for his customers.

Like many parks around the nation, this park was sold in 1998 to a large corporate property’s manager. These property managers saw an opportunity to make big profits from buying these mom-and-pop parks and take advantage of the park residents. They increase lot rent every year and do just enough maintenance to keep the park producing more rent money. The infrastructure is slowly crumbling, and big-dollar items such as water main

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replacement, facility improvements, street lighting and handicap-accessible improvements are pieced together.

When brought up to the property manager they tell you they will put it on next year’s budget request, which very seldom gets approval.

We have approximately 20 water main leaks every year in a park of 450 homes; we are concerned about the health issues these leaks could cause.

The water main was installed in the mid1970s, when the park was built, and, in our opinion, should be replaced. If the park owner does decide to replace the water main, the residents will certainly pay for it, one way or the other. All park residents that are in this position have

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virtually no protections against these issues other than moving their home to another park if one is available. I realize there is a relocation fund available, but the fund is nowhere near enough for the expense and inconvenience of having to move your home.

There are thousands of people that live in mobile home parks around Arizona that have little protection from the predators that exist in the mobile home park industry. Not all mobile home park owners are price gouging, but many are, and cities, counties and states need to take a hard look at better protecting these residents.

Frederick C. Rockey Glendale

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The Glendale Star will print the writer’s name and city of residence only. Letters without the requisite identifying information will not be published. Letters are published in the order received, and they are subject to editing.

The Glendale Star will not publish consumer complaints, form letters, clippings from other publications or poetry. Letters’ authors, not the Glendale Star, are responsible for the “facts” presented in letters.

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Good news is rare these days, unless you’re a seller

BY LISA BAKER Guest Writer

“Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.”

While this Hunter S. Thompson quote may be from 2003, it certainly rings no less true in 2020. Good news may be rare these days, but there’s a little something for everyone in real estate today.

The good news for sellers is that we are still a strong seller’s market.

The National Association of Realtors reported that prices in July “rose in every region” of the U.S., as “for the first time ever, national median home prices breached the $300,000 level.”

And in their bid to be competitive, many buyers are increasingly willing to forgo asking the seller to contribute to their closing costs. And it’s working.

In Maricopa County, only 24.5% of sellers contributed to buyers’ closing costs in August, down from 31.2% in July and 37.9% in June.

Showing traffic is still holding strong. According to ShowingTime, the platform Realtors use to schedule most of the MLS showings, during August, listings in the $200,000-$299,999

range averaged 17.9 showings per listing in Glendale and 15.67 in Peoria.

The next closest was the $300,000-399,999 range, with 13.75 showings per listing in Glendale and 10.59 showings per listing in Peoria. And not every showing is scheduled through ShowingTime, so the actual numbers are higher.

Some good news for buyers is that inventory is increasing.

During August, 339 MLS listing sales closed in Glendale, and 395 in Peoria. At this writing, there are 219 active and available listings (not counting properties already under contract or pending close of escrow) in MLS in Glendale and 281 active listings in Peoria.

That’s 64.6% of one month’s inventory in Glendale (up from 42.85% in July) and 71.14% of one month’s inventory in Peoria (up from 59.75% in July). Overall, Maricopa County is seeing an increase, with today’s active listings at 89.17% of August’s closed sales (up from 75% last month).

And in more good news for buyers, interest rates are still low and are expected to remain that way. According to Freddie Mac, National Mortgage Rates for the week of Aug. 27 averaged 2.91%

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Although hallways in most public high schools are empty for now, the football fields are full, just socially distanced.

High school football teams have been preparing and practicing for a season since early September, with eyes on an Oct. 2 start to an unprecedented season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joe Paddock, assistant executive director of the Arizona Interscholastic Association, said planning for this year’s football season was tough.

“The most difficult part has been just identifying specific criteria to use to allow football to begin,” Paddock said.

The AIA has created a detailed list of guidelines for starting the season.

Paddock said the guidelines are always changing and being updated when new information and metrics are received.

The guidelines include the basics, such as staying home when feeling sick, washing and sanitizing hands often, and socially distancing. They also cover the dos and don’ts of practice; how locker rooms and other facilities

Though teams are being discouraged from scenes like this from 2019, high school football is about to begin a new season. (Photo courtesy Cactus football)

are to be used; and other topics, like avoiding high-fives, fist bumps and hugs—a difficult task in high school athletics.

“To be perfectly honest, there’s still going to be high-fives. There’s still going to be hugging,” Paddock said. “The point that we’re trying to get across, however, is we need that to be limited as much as possible.”

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Cactus High School checks player temperatures each day before they’re cleared to practice. Coach Joseph Ortiz said he and his staff wear masks, while social distancing the players as much

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“We just try to stay on top of it,” Ortiz said. “We make sure the kids aren’t doing stuff they’re not supposed to be doing, whether high-fiving or all that type of stuff, until we’re allowed to do it.”

Coach Will Babb said he instituted similar measures and other high schools are getting ready for this kind of at Peoria High School. The Ironwood action. (Photo courtesy Ironwood football) staff painted white spots, 6 feet apart, on the field. When they ar- third season as head coach, he added rive at practice, they go to a spot. When that he isn’t quite sure what caused the Babb calls a meeting during practice, low turnout, be it parents’ concerns they head back to the spots. Babb said about the pandemic or a lack of interest his team takes precautions whenev- due to the absence of summer football er possible, but in a contact sport like activities. football, two players are inevitably The AIA has monitored other states going to be side-by-side competing in that have already begun playing high drills. school football.

Coach Stephen Hogg said Raymond “There have been over 144 football S. Kellis High School is dealing with games played already throughout the reduced numbers from varsity all the United States to great success,” Padway down to the freshman team. dock said. “More than 98% of those “We’re at about 50 total for the var- games have been able to be played, sity and (junior varsity) squads com- and oftentimes when a game is not bined,” Hogg said. “In a better situa- played, it wasn’t because of sometion, I’d like to have 50 just for varsity.” thing necessarily that happened with Hogg said he saw an increase in num- the football team. … So there’s evbers across the board at the beginning idence out there that football right of his second season. Now, entering his now is working.”

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Seniors hit the books at Glencroft University

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF Just like they did many Septembers ago, some residents at the Glencroft Center for Modern Aging went back to school this month.

At Glencroft, residents can start their day with a swim or a workout in the performance center, grab a protein drink and head to class without ever leaving the Glendale campus. Everything but the smoothie is part of the package at this “ZoeLife community.”

Steve Heller, vice president and director of ZoeLife operations, is also the Glencroft University chancellor.

“Residents have roughly 40 classes to choose from during our semesters,” Heller said. “For some who never had a chance to go to college, this is a chance to check it off of their bucket list. Others attend classes now and then. Regardless of their personal goals, the

option to attend is provided at no additional cost, and we plan to keep it that way.”

Course topics support Glencroft’s holistic ZoeLife model, founded on six core pillars of well-being: spiritual, physical, social, emotional, intellectual and vocational. Students may elect such topics as religious studies, dementia or fall prevention, nutrition, conflict management, estate planning, navigating Medicare, coping with grief and depression, yoga, avoiding scams and more. Various industry experts donate time and expertise to serve as guest instructors.

“Everything You need to Know About Health,” taught by Dr. Kendrick Johnson, is a three-part series discussing how 80% of the most-common diseases can be prevented and or reversed without medication.

You’re never too old to learn at Glencroft University. (Photo courtesy Glencroft)

Students who complete a required number of courses under each pillar earn their degree as graduates of Glencroft University. Glencroft adheres to strict CDC safety and social distancing standards and offers streaming video

and phone-in for those unable to attend in person.

Founded in 1970, the Glencroft Center for Modern Aging is Arizona’s largest senior living community and one of the largest in the United States.

After success, Wildlife World Zoo expands reopening

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF One of the West Valley’s biggest attractions continues with a second phase of its reopening plan.

Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park reopened Sept. 3, with the star attractions getting their first visitors in months.

Then, with the second phase of a reopening plan, the Litchfield Park attraction just outside Glendale reopened the Aquarium Gift Shop, Flying Scooter Ride, Exotic Animal Carousel, Mining Experience and Congo Cooker Café—and restarted wildlife shows.

“The feedback from the community has been really positive,” said Kristy Morcom, a zoo spokeswoman. “Everyone is grateful that we are able to provide a safe environment with plenty of fresh air and space to social distance and bring a little normalcy back to families that have been cooped up all

summer.”

Safety measures include required masks for staff and visitors, signs encouraging safety/social distancing, social distance ride seating and increased sanitation.

Some of the park’s newest additions on display include a baby capybara, red river hog and African blue duikers inside the Baby Animal Nursery, a young giraffe, penguin chick, young lemur, colobus monkeys, spider monkeys, olive baboon, baby zebra and baby goats.

A USDA-licensed, private institution, accredited by the Zoological Association of America and the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums, Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park does not receive taxpayer funding.

Open every day, Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park is located off Loop 303 at 16501 W. Northern Avenue, Litchfield Park. Zoo exhibits are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Last zoo admission is at 4:30 p.m.) Aquarium After a successful first phase of reopening, Wildlife World Zoo, and Safari Park moved on to a second phase with more exhibits are open from 9 Aquarium attractions and shows reopening. (Photos courtesy Wildlife World Zoo) a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission includes access to the zoo, aquarium For more info, call 623-935-9453 or and safari park. visit wildlifeworld.com.

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Before you row make sure the boat is headed the right way You may have read my article from last week entitled, “Come Together, Right Now, for Your Community.” I received many “atta boys” on it. You may have noticed that I kept using the word “values” in various forms in the article. I used phrases like character core values, traditional values, church-contributed values and essential enabling values. Let’s explore the importance of values that enable us to be both efficient and effective.

Let’s say you are a leader in any organization. You are trying to get a job done efficiently and effectively. Which would you rather have? An employee who is alert or careless? A teacher who is compassionate or indifferent? A city employee who is diligent or slothful?

A bank employee who is orderly or confused? A news anchor who is thorough or incomplete and rash?

As an employee, which would you

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rather have? An employer who is generous or stingy? A school principal who is attentive or distracted? A politician who is consistently deceptive or who is consistently truthful? A city manager who is wise or foolish?

I think you get the message. Most of you would want these kinds of values when it comes to you and what’s best for everyone. These values are not old-fashioned or irrelevant. They are God-fashioned when used correctly and wisely. Allow me to explain why these true, honorable, right, pure and just values work for us.

Years ago, I was speaking at a large church in Nakuru, Kenya. It was right before the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000. It was my eighth time in Kenya. Kenyan people are so full of life and vision. They believe it and talk about it, but there’s just one problem: Many never achieve their vision. Of course, this is not a Kenya problem only. Many people can tell-avision but struggle with doing-a-vision.

Realizing that Kenyans’ national source of pride every four years is winning the marathon in the Olympics, I made a point that helped them to understand how vision and values work together. As I stood in front of 1,000plus Kenyans at a public meeting in a movie theater, I asked the following question: “How many Kenyans here have a vision of winning the marathon in the Olympics this year?” Without one bit of hesitation, the crowd stood

up and cheered for 15 minutes. They all had the vision! Then I asked the next question: “And how many here believe that Kenyans have it in their DNA to win the marathon?” We had another 15-minute revival!

Now came the next question: “Now, let’s take a Kenyan. He has the vision to win the marathon, and he has it in his DNA to win the marathon, but he never practices. Will he get to his vision of winning the marathon?” A hush fell over the crowd. There was no more revival. They were quiet because they had an “a-ha” moment, a revelation revival.

Here’s a lesson we need to learn: You can have a great vision, you can even have it in your DNA to succeed, but if you don’t have the right internal values, your vision will not become a reality. In the Kenyan case, he or she has a great vision, they certainly have SEE DELPH PAGE 19

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it in their DNA, but their lack of discipline will disable their dream of winning the marathon every time.

Let’s apply this lesson to our lives.

While our desires or goals are vision focused, they are values driven. Values can be the best friend or the worst enemy of a vision. Many of us want to be successful but lack the appropriate values required to get us there. Values drive behavior as well as the outcome.

Values are deeply held convictions or standards.

Our internal values affect decision making, risk taking, goal setting, conflict resolution, problem solving, priorities determination, role clarification and resource utilization. Vision inspires people; that’s output. Values enable the execution of the vision; that’s the outcome.

How do you turn unfulfilled potential into fulfilled reality? Have the right values that transport you to your desired vision. That’s the way God designed us to work. The Kenyan man or woman could significantly increase their probability of winning the Olym-

The Glendale Star pic marathon by embracing the value of self-discipline and making it a core value.

In fact, in the year 2000 at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Kenyans were first, second and third in the marathon. They moved from tell-a-vision to do-a-vision. How? They had a vision, the internal makeup and the values necessary to win the marathon. They moved from inspiration to achieving their aspiration through preparation and perspiration.

Just like the Kenyan trying to win the Olympics in the marathon but never practicing, the United States is at a crucial junction in which values it chooses in its leaders. Be careful, not careless, with your choice.

Remember, a vision unmanaged leads to frustration, especially to aspiring young Kenyans and Americans.

Why? It’s rowing the boat in the wrong direction.

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The small office building, nestled just off the road near a medical office and appliance store, looks more like a house where a quiet family might live. The only signs of activity are the cars in the small parking lot out front.

Most passersby likely have no idea what goes on behind the dark purple door; an intercom doorbell ensures that only those who belong are allowed in. There are no signs outside, only inside, such as “You Matter” and “Happy Thoughts.”

Bulletin boards are brightened by slips of neon-colored paper with phone numbers to Planned Parenthood and shelters for homeless youth. There are nearly 10 work spaces, each with a computer, a landline and a chair.

On a Friday night early last spring, Madison Marks, 20, sits in one of the chairs waiting for the phone to ring. The part-time Starbucks barista, who’s dressed in black and rocks blonde streaks through her short brown hair, picks up when a 15-year-old calls to share the troubles that led her to seek help from a stranger.

Marks stops her at one point and asks the requisite question: “On a scale of one to 10, one being you’re OK and 10 being you’d kill yourself right now, how are you feeling?”

A 2018 study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranked suicide as the second-leading cause of death for teenagers nationwide. Experts and studies can’t point to one main rea-

son for the high numbers, although many U.S. teenagers are feeling alone despite seeming more connected than ever, thanks to social media and the internet.

Arizona has been hit particularly hard in recent years, with its teen suicide rate surpassing those in more than half the other states. A 2019 United Health Foundation report showed that from 2017 to 2019, the suicide rate for ages 15 to 19 rose 17%—to 13 deaths per 100,000 teens from 11.1 deaths—well above the national rate of 10.5 deaths per 100,000.

Kelli Donnley Williams, a suicide prevention specialist in Arizona, said the state’s increase in teen suicides mirrors national trends, especially in states west of Mississippi River, where “the thread that seems to weave through everyone’s suicide story is one of isolation and lonlieness.”

Marks, the barista, is part of a oneof-its-kind team working to reverse the trend.

She is among about 100 volunteers for Teen Lifeline, a teen-run suicide prevention hotline that opened in 1986—the year after “Surviving,” a controversial Molly Ringwald film portraying teen suicide, aired on prime-time television.

If the film opened the doors to public conversations about teen suicide, Teen Lifeline made teenagers part of the solution.

In 2003, Teen Lifeline became the first teen-run hotline nationwide accredited by the nonprofit American Association of Suicidology. Teen Lifeline has been growing since then, helping other hotlines receive accreditation while ex-

They try to calm the callers and, mostly, just listen.

Marks tries not to let her mind wander during calls. Occasionally, something a caller says reminds Marks of her own struggles and takes her back to her own dark times.

“You can hear a Teen Lifeline, Arizona’s only peer-to-peer teen hotline, helps those facing dedifference in the pression/thoughts of suicide: 602-248-TEEN. (Photo by Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash) caller’s voice, panding and improving its own services, when they’re like, ‘Thank you, you including a text-based hotline launched helped me so much,’” Marks said. “And, in 2016. really, all we did was listen when they felt It remains Arizona’s only crisis hotline like they had no hope at all.” operated by teens.

It takes two months to two years to train The trained volunteers work shifts a volunteer to work at Teen Lifeline. The from 3 to 9 p.m., answering calls and rigorous, three-phase training includes texts. Some come to the hotline in sweat- two weekend seminars, speakers from pants, their smartphones loaded with organizations the hotline refers callers to Netflix, YouTube and other apps so they and thorough role-playing and practice can watch movies between calls. Others calls. Although the process is lengthy, are still dressed in school uniforms and volunteers say every step is necessary for use free moments to finish assignments the job they’re preparing to do. in notebooks and on laptops.

If you or someone you know is in They work under the supervision of need of help, call the National Suicide clinicians, who train volunteers and sit Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK with them during calls, offering words of (8255) or text 741-741 to connect with a assurance and writing notes to help the trained crisis counselor. teen operator when needed.

Or, contact Teen Lifeline at 602-248The teens aren’t there to give advice. 8336 (TEEN).

GCU’s Learning Lounge goes virtual for K-12 students

BY GLENDALE STAR STAFF Grand Canyon University’s tutoring and mentoring program, the Learning Lounge, is offering free online academic support to kindergarten through high school students during the COVID pandemic.

GCU’s safe, online environment allows

students who need additional instruction and after-class assistance to work with GCU students who are scholars in math, science and writing and are specially trained to work with younger students.

During this time of distance learning, students are often faced to fend for

themselves or rely on their parents to supplement lessons provided through virtual classrooms.

GCU’s free virtual Learning Lounge offers 40-minute, one-on-one sessions that support those needs. Families also have the option to select a bilingual

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The GCU Learning Lounge serves students online from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information, visit forms.gcu.edu/lou/gcu-learninglounge to schedule an appointment.

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GESD Continues to Advance Services for Social and Emotional Growth

FROM DR. LOUIS LAFFITTE, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SCHOOL SAFETY A goal for Glendale Elementary School District is to cultivate a school and work environment that supports learning and social-emotional growth. GESD sustains and strengthens this commitment through the creation of new positions and continuing to serve the community.

The GESD strategies for reaching our strategic goal are to:

 Provide students with social and emotional learning supports they need to learn and thrive.  Utilize trauma informed practices, including self-awareness and self-care strategies.  Implement positive behavior interventions and support with fidelity, including bully prevention and conflict resolution.  Provide comprehensive wrap-around services to support students, families and staff.

Recently, GESD hired four counselors, three social workers and one behavioral specialist to help strengthen family and community partnerships. These roles are vital positions that complement the Social and Emotional Learning Specialists (SELS), which is a role that has existed in GESD for at least ten years.

The Behavioral Health and School Safety Department includes several services that support district mental health, policy, evaluation, and communications activities.

Social Emotional Learning Specialist (SELS)  Promotes the integration of social and emotional learning education throughout the school.

 Provides intervention services with children and families which may include assessment, individual short-term or crisis counseling, group instruction, support groups, and home visitation.

 Acts as a liaison with families to educate them on their

children’s social-emotional learning needs and interpret related family concerns to school personnel.

Counselor  Identifies and assesses the relevant factors involved in the problems of students referred because of learning, emotional, behavioral, social, physical, economic, cultural, or family difficulties.

 Provides intervention services with children and families which may

include assessment, individual short-term or crisis counseling, group instruction, support groups, and home visitation.

 Counselors offered at seven district schools.

 One SELS per school.

Social Worker  Serves as liaison with community agencies and assists in fostering communication between schools, parents/guardians, and community providers.

 Assists teachers in the identification and development of

 Locates and mobilizes a continuum of community resources to

 Contributes to the management of student behavior intervention

support the educational program.

 Provides support district-wide.

Behavioral Specialist

individualized behavior interventions intended to change behaviors; using evidence-based strategies.

within the District to include designing and implementing supporting strategies, providing professional development, supporting staff and collaborating with various personnel.

 Provides support district-wide.

OUR MISSION

To foster an environment of academic excellence through innovative learning and build tomorrow’s socially responsible leaders.

About BHSS

The GESD Behavioral Health and School Safety Department (BHSS) was redesigned in 2019, offering comprehensive social and emotional resources and supports for students, staff and families. In addition to providing direct services, GESD partners with various outside agencies to offer wraparound services to those who require additional support.

MTSS

Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is an integrated framework of fluid Academic support, Behavioral support, and Social Emotional Learning for all students. The MTSS framework is preventionbased and team-driven.

Team decisions are made following deliberate data collection and the careful analysis of the data. Collaborative team members follow the MTSS problem-solving process to identify, plan and implement targeted interventions to improve the outcomes of all students.

The MTSS framework is a tiered system that supports the early identification of struggling students and early interventions. Through the system of support, interventions provided to students increase in intensity from one level to the next ensuring a plus-plus system of support.