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School budgets No need for more feeling impact of the pandemic BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

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OVID-19 is costing the Tempe Union and Kyrene school districts millions of dollars. Tempe Union is spending $2 million in the 2020-21 school year on laptops for all incoming freshmen – an expense that will become an annual expenditure. Kyrene Chief Financial Officer Chris Hermann told his governing board last week that the district will be spending $2.7 million in the

see SCHOOLS page 12

At least 200 parents and students gathered outside Tempe Union High School District headquarters June 24 to protest the district’s refusal to offer a ﬁve-day in-class option, but no more will be needed after the district in a surprise move Monday on Monday told parents it will provide that option.. Details: Page 3. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer)

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Mt. Pointe senior tells board: SROs aren’t the problem

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or four hours June 24, the Tempe Union Governing Board heard adult speaker after adult speaker discuss the role of school resource officers in advance of a vote – possibly today, July 1 – on a move that would eliminate those positions at four campuses, including Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista. But it was the lone student voice – from rising Mountain Pointe senior Christian Nunez – that drew accolades as he talked about his experience as a young Black man. Taking note of the nationwide protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis police custody, Christian criticized the move to take the $450,000 currently allocated for the SRO positions and spend it on counselors instead. While several major cities are eliminating their SRO positions, Christian told the board there is a need to address issues of racism and racist behavior by police in communities, noting, “To properly address the feelings that

Mountain Pointe senior Christian Nunez delivered an extemporaneous 11-minute speech to the Tempe Union Governing Board last week on what he called its “misguided” effort to eliminate SROs on four campuses. (Special to AFN)

students have regarding law enforcement extends far beyond the role of an SRO.” “An SRO is not the reason that George

Floyd died,” he said, speaking without the aid of notes. “An SRO is not the reason that certain students are profiled as they leave the school by other people regardless if it’s an officer or not. “I think that for us to entertain this conversation is for us to do a disservice to what really needs to be said. We know that the training that needs to be done, and the conversation that needs to be had, is not concerning SROs. It’s concerning the conduct of officers who need proper training and officers who need to be held accountable.” Stressing that board members should recognize “a distinction between SROs and the general police force,” he said resource officers are people who “want to work with children.” “I think that for us to pour all of our energy into SROs and the conversation of whether or not we need to have them in schools or not is a complete waste of time,” Christian said. “SROs can be the beginning foundation of

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Tempe Union relents, will give students a 5-day in-class option

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round 200 parents and students braved the scorching sun June 24 to protest Tempe Union High School District’s decision not to offer five days on campus as an option when the new school year begins — now pushed back to at least Aug. 17. And while they had another protest slated tonight, the district made that unecessary after announcing on Monday that students will be able to return to campuses five days a week if they and their parents want. In effect, the Tempe will now offer the same three options that Kyrene is offering: full online, full in-class and a hybrid of both. “We have been gathering communication from many of you around the reopening of schools,” Mendivil told parents in a letter Monday,. “Information has been changing daily if not hourly.: Governing Board members apparently were feeling the heat from the community’s reaction. At the end of the SRO study session, member Andres Barraza asked for a study session on reopening, claiming “there was a lot of misinformation in the community” about the duration of the one-day option. But there was no sense of feeling “misinformed” among those who gathered outside district headquarters June 24.. They felt the board and administration were not listening to them. Many protestors felt the district should include a five-day in-class option from the start of the school year and carried signs stating: “One day is not enough.” Among those who turned out was Kyrene Governing Board President Michael Myrick, who has a son in Corona del Sol High School. Myrick said the reopening plan has prompted him to run for the Tempe Union Governing Board now that his Kyrene term will be ending in December. “After this incident, this board needs a lot of work and a lot of help,” said Myrick. The deadline for filing petitions to get on the Nov. 3 ballot for school board races is next Monday. The Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools website shows seven candidates have filed statements of interest in the Tempe Union race, but none has been filed by Myrick. Statements of interest are required before candidates can secure signatures on their ballot petitions. So far, board President Berdetta Hodge is the only candidate to file her petitions. One of the other six who have filed a statement of interest is incumbent and longtime board member Sandra Lowe of Tempe. Parents who turned out for the protest expressed

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anger over Mendivil’s plan, which he said was necessary to protect the health of both students and staff amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. “I think people are fed up with some of the stuff that’s happening, in some of the decisions that are being made,” Myrick said of the Tempe Union board. “And they’re not listening to the community.” That statement was echoed by many of the parents who turned out for the protest. “We just want options for all of the students,” said a mother of three sons who attend the Corona del Sol. “Most of the districts that have announced are giving several options to families – the online-only, the hybrid model or full-time in person and we just want to be given that choice as well.” Students from Ahwatukee and Tempe turned out with parents last week to protest Tempe Union’s reopening Asked if she was concerned about CO- plan because it doesn’t have a ﬁve-day on-campus option. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer) VID-19 affecting her sons, she replied, In his letter, Mendivil attributed the “What the numbers show me is that kids – masks, social distancing. We’re not our children’s ages run a much smaller against any of that. We’re not trying to district’s change of heart partly to comrisk of having serious complications. So make this a protest about who loves our munity reaction and partly to Gov. Doug kids comes to health and Ducey’s announcement last weekthat I’m way less concerned about the virus uxurwhen gs ~ Lmore y Vinyit rea Rusafety l A ~ Call m because we’re there. One gave districts some flexibility on funding ounright than I am about their mental uhealth.” tert C sto ~ s r e o day a week is not an option that’s her husband, ow “They have othe ~ Wood ~Added ps accept- and other matters. Laminate ~ Sh able to the community.” “The need to be flexible during these er ways to implement safety measures Rugs ~ Luxury V inyl ~ a Coun m Are usto tert C ~ s r ops ~ Wood ~ Laminate ~ Showe L u ~ x s u g r u y Vinyl ~ Ca Area R C m rpe o o t u s ~ Luxury Vinntyelr Cus C a t ~ Ti Area Rug t~opCou rpe le ~ Wood ~ Laminate ~ Showers ~ s nte stom u C t~T ~ rtop s r e w ile ~ Wo o s od ~ Laminate ~ Sh Ca

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orizon Honors last week unveiled its reopening plan for the fall, giving parents of K-12 students the option of fulltime in-class instruction with a requirement to wear face masks or allonline instruction with a strict regimen that even includes a dress code. The school also wasted no time in getting parents to commit to one of the options, rolling out its plan June 25, holding three virtual question-and-answer session between then and the next day and giving them until yesterday, June 30, to make a choice that commits. The Ahwatukee school also said its enrollment, totaling about 1,200 students for the elementary and secondary schools together, is at capacity and new students will only be considered if a current enrollee drops out. Horizon also still has an Aug. 1 graduation on its calendar that includes four different scenarios for an in-person commencement and a fifth that’s all-virtual, although spokeswoman Melissa Hartley

said a final decision has not yet been made. In many respects, Horizon’s protocol for in-class learning resembles what the same that’s been announced by some publicschool districts, including Kyrene. For the most part, K-4 students will be spending their day in the same classroom as the teachers of different subjects rotate in or out. Higher-grade students will be walking to different classrooms in one direction, following paths that at times may take them outside the school building. And while the school stressed it will be trying to maintain social distancing with reduced class groupings and other measures, it stressed this warning on its website: “Social distancing, with community members 6 feet apart, is not guaranteed. However, modifications to classroom setup and the creation of student behavior protocols will be utilized to maximize distancing. In addition, some classroom activities, like group projects, will be modified.” Other group activities will be modified

in a way that resembles plans in Kyrene and other districts: no field trips or other student travel; rescheduled or modified assemblies, concerts and the like; and athletic activities under Arizona Interscholastic Association guidelines. Additionally, congregating on campus will be forbidden and when parents come to pick up their children, they’ll have to stay in their car and have their children’s name and classroom posted on their dashboard. But there are some striking differences between Horizon’s plan and other districts. For example, students opting for oncampus instruction at all grade levels will have to bring their own lunch – as well as a water bottle and their own mask. Horizon has a lunch program consisting of items from local restaurants but that program has been indefinitely suspended. There will be no shared classroom supplies. Students have to bring their own and then leave them in their classroom. From fifth grade up, students will have to clean and sanitize their work area when

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interact with them. We get to build that rapport with them…They usually don’t get an opportunity to talk to law enforcement and ask questions. I usually encourage that with the students to sit there and ask questions, whatever they want to ask.” Other SROs and police officials echoed that. Assistant Tempe Police Chief Sherry Burlingame said students feel comfortable enough with SROs to share concerns about troubled classmates so that the school can intervene and help that student before a Assistant Tempe Police Chief Sherry Burlingame said it would be tragedy occurs. a shame if the school board eliminated SROs on four campuses, “It saddens me to think Mountain Pointe High School SRO and Tempe Police Officer Robincluding Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe. (Special to AFN) about what would hap- ert Lucero also addressed the Governing Board. (Special to AFN) pen if they weren’t there and they to help students. dent and they go talk to that student to “We get an opportunity to talk to them didn’t have those connections with the find out that the source of really what’s in the classroom,” Lucero said. “We get students,” Burlingame said. “When they bothering them and causing some of an opportunity to talk to them during do their home visits or they talk to a see SROS page 12 school, during lunch hour and we get to teacher that’s concerned about a stu-

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these behaviors is the fact that they don’t have the basic life means that they need to thrive, that their family is struggling financially or that they don’t have food or their air conditioning is broken.” She said SROs in these and other situations work with school staff and the Tempe crisis-intervention team called Care 7 “so they can concentrate on the business of being a kid, being a student and go on to hopefully become a very productive member of society.” Corona del Sol Principal Nathan Kleve delivered a statement signed by all seven Tempe Union high school principals that begged the board not to eliminate the SRO positions, noting that they were a critical part of a support system for students that includes counselors and even bus drivers. (The text of the statement appears on Page 23 of today’s edition.) Board members Brian Garcia and Andres Barraza started the SRO controversy last month when they moved to reallocate the funds from SROs to hiring more counselors. They cited more than 300 emails they’ve received, many of which said uniformed officers on campus intimidated

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fiscal year that began today, July 1, on expenses directly related to the pandemic. And if all of Kyrene’s 13,000 students returned to classrooms next month – something district officials do not expect – the cost of achieving true social distancing among students in the classroom and on school buses would run into tens of millions of dollars more. As districts across the state try to prepare for a new school year in the shadow of surging coronavirus cases, the new 2020-21 budgets that governing boards are adopting this month are starting to reflect a hard reality: COVID-19 has driven up the cost of keeping staff and students safe and continuing children’s education. For the new fiscal year, however, both Tempe Union and Kyrene have balanced budgets that won’t increase taxes. But the pandemic’s ultimate cost to all school districts likely will take months, possibly several years, to fully tabulate because sales tax revenue nose-dived during business closures and the impact of soaring unemployment on income tax revenue won’t be known for at least a year.

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A decision will likely be made tonight by the board since a reallocation is part of the 202021 district budget that is up for approval. And whether speakers changed anyone’s mind is unclear. Previously, Hodge, Garcia and Barraza signaled a desire to reallocate the money. “I know that you all have been working to have positive relationships,” Garcia told the speakers. “But at the same time I want to make sure that we acknowledge and recognize that when we’re taking a step back and we’re looking at different ways to support Tempe Union administrators showed this chart to the Governing Board to illustrate its multi-tiered support system for our students that we bring that students and how SROs were part of that system. (Tempe Union) factor in because not everyone students, particularly students of color. Mendivil said that if funds are real- feels safe even though we’re trying to That Tempe Union even has to use dis- located, he would look into additional provide the most safe environment.” Barraza said, “I think it’s part of what trict funds for the positions results from funding from Tempe and Phoenix to cuts in the School Safety Program grants keep the positions – although it is un- the community is trying to say right from the state Department of Education. clear whether either city will have now with the funding. They’re not sayTempe Union has received those grants money as they struggle with their own ing ‘defunding,’ in my opinion. I believe for more than 20 years, but the state cut financial hardships brought on by they’re saying ‘reallocation’ – take monthe district’s funding as more schools plummeting revenue as a result of the ey away from the tanks and put them vied for a limited amount of funding pro- pandemic. Phoenix also has historically into counseling services and slow down the recidivism.” vided by the program. declined to fund SROs.

Kyrene Chief Financial Officer Chris Hermann broke down the district’s cost in this new ﬁscal year of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. (Kyrene School District)

Schools get millions from the state as their share of sales tax revenue and income tax revenue helps pay other state expenses – including the cost of public education. Gov. Doug Ducey indirectly acknowledged the pandemic’s initial financial impact on Arizona schools in a series of executive orders last week. Ducey is taking $200 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Se-

curity Act to protect schools against budget shortfalls due to anticipated declining enrollment, in essence guaranteeing that schools will have at least 98 percent of the state aid they were getting this past school year. That is crucial as state aid is based on the number of students in attendance. A survey last month by the political consulting firm of HighGround found 20 percent of adults with children in school said they

would not send them back next year given fears of COVID-19. And if 20 percent of a district’s students choose not to start when the doors open, that would normally translate to a 20 percent drop in aid – a costly bite on budgets with basic aid at $5,500 per student. The plan also contemplate that schools will be providing more instruction online than in traditional years. Part of that $200 million is earmarked for remote learning. But the state will provide funding for students who are not sitting in a classroom all day, five days a week. Chuck Essigs, lobbyist for the Arizona Association of School Business Officials, said this is particularly crucial for districts that plan more flexible schedules to reduce the number of students in a classroom at any one time. Kyrene Superintendent Dr. Jan Vesely said Ducey’s executive order will “provide budget predictability to school districts and charter schools” and addresses questions of funding for schools with or without approved online instruction. However, it remains unclear if the state

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Ducey OK with unmasked rallies, not bar patrons BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ov. Doug Ducey last week defended indoor political rallies with thousands of people without masks even as he admitted the only way Arizona will stop the upward trend of infections is if people mask up and stay home. But now he has toughened the policy on other places where people gather. “People’s rights to assemble are not going to be infringed,’’ the governor said Thursday when asked about his attendance at a Trump rally at a packed north Phoenix church with about 3,000 people, the majority of who did not have masks. On Monday, Ducey said he was ordering bars, water parks, tubing and gyms closed for 30 days. He also banned all events with more than 50 people inside or out of a building unless strict plans for social distancing are in place. School can start before Aug. 17, but not in buildings. Stating trends in virus cases “are going in the wrong direction,” Ducey said his order does not apply to churches or po-

n u r s i n g homes and similar facilities will remain largely forbidden, Ducey said he is making $10,000 grants available to those facilities so they can purchase digital devices that will provide more interaction between residents and Conceding virus cases are trending upward, Gov. Doug Ducey defended political rallies while their looved simultaneously advising people to stay home as much as possible. (Capital Media Services) ones. On Thursday, Ducey brushed aside litical rallies. questions about how requiring people He also directed that any apartment complex or other private pool post or- to wear masks – now the law in Phoenix and Scottsdale – interferes with their ders requiring social distancing. While visits to elderly residents in right to assemble.

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“It’s in the First Amendment,’’ he said. At the same time, however, the governor announced the state Department of Liquor Licenses and Control had sent notices to eight Scottsdale bars which he said were not complying with the new “guidance’’ he issued last week to ensure protection of employees and patrons. That agency is empowered to take away the right of any of these establishments to serve alcohol. “The crowded social gatherings that we’ve seen must be minimized,’’ he said. All this is occurring as Ducey announced that the rate of COVID-19 infection in Arizona will continue to rise. “I don’t want there to be illusion or sugar-coated expectations,’’ he said. “We expect that our numbers will be worse next week and the week following, in terms of cases and hospitalizations.’’ He reiterated his alarm over the rise in virus cases on Monday. What eventually will flatten the upward curve in viruses, Ducey said, is the

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reimbursement rate for pupils taking online classes will be equal to the rate schools get for in-classroom students. Asked about that Monday, Ducey only said, “We want to fully fund our schools.” Vesely said she is expecting various state agencies over the next few weeks will clarify the operational details of Ducey’s order “as there are still a few issues that remain a bit unclear.” “It’s important to understand the majority of this financial relief would not necessarily be additional money for Kyrene, but rather is intended to minimize the loss of funding from enrollment declines or from lower funding due to providing online instruction,” Vesely said. “For instance, if the district experiences an enrollment decline over 2 percent, there would still be a negative impact to the FY21 budget of approximately $1.5 million due to lower enrollment funding. However, any enrollment declines in excess of 2 percent would not further negatively impact the FY21 budget. While we hoped that the governor’s executive order would hold districts harmless for any enrollment declines – likely due to COVID-19 – the order does protect Kyrene for any enrollment losses beyond 2 percent.” In order to be eligible, schools actually must be open to all students five days a week. The impact of that order on Tempe Union is unclear, since the district is not starting the new school year with a fiveday in-class option. Tempe Union is offering parents only two options: five days of online learning or four days with one day in class. Ducey’s order means that if a parent has nowhere else to send a child, the school must agree to take him or her every day – not just the days the student otherwise would attend – even if it means that child remains in the library. “This plan provides schools with the flexibility to ensure Arizona students continue to receive a quality education, whether through distance learning or in the classroom,’’ the governor said in a prepared statement. He said it “provides parents with options that work best for their families.’’ Chris Kotterman, lobbyist for the Arizona School Boards Association, said that guaranteed funding and flexibility is crucial for schools. The only question, he said, is whether there’s really enough money in

Kyrene CFO Chris Hermann illustrated what it would cost if all the district’s students came to classrooms and social distancing had to be enforced. Essentially, Kyrene would need lots more buses, drivers and a staggering number of additional teachers. Both teachers and bus drivers were in short supply even before the pandemic. (Kyrene School District)

the plan. “I hope that that $200 million holds up,’’ he said. On top of that $200 million, the plan allocates another $69 million that Ducey received from the CARES program. The largest share of that, $40 million, is earmarked for bridging the “digital divide.’’ The report says that the closure of schools earlier this year brought into focus the fact that many students lack access to the internet at home. What’s not in there, however, is any cash to purchase computers or high-speed modems for individual students. Aides to the governor said schools may have access to other funds, including $27 million that state schools chief Kathy Hoffman has in discretionary dollars. Though Tempe Union’s laptop purchase

is part of a “one on one initiative” to ensure that all students will have laptops, Superintendent Dr. Kevin Mendivil referred to the emergency campus closure brought on by the onset of the pandemic in mid-March to explain the urgency of the program. “We still have a great need and just as we experienced through this COVID-19 closure recently, we were in an opportunity, fortunately,” to loan about 2,400 devices to students who had none so they could participate in online classes, Mendivil said. But even if and when the pandemic ceases, that initiative will continue, Mendivil said, as a recurring annual cost. Under the program, incoming Tempe Union students would have that laptop all four years, then have an opportunity to buy it when they graduate. The laptops will be purchased from the

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OVID-19 could cost Tempe Union students and staff fall break. At its meeting today, July 1, the district Governing Board was to consider a request from Superintendent Kevin Mendivil for latitude in determining whether to start the school year on Aug. 10 – a week later than currently scheduled Aug. 3 start date. But now that Gov. Doug Ducey has delayed the start of school until at least Aug. 17, the big question is whether Tempe Union – or any district – will have fall break. Mendivil’s request indicated that fall break could be canceled to ensure students get the state-mandated 180 days of instruction,. While Ducey did not indicate in his press conference two days ago how his action might impact the 180-day requirement, he did say, “Our objective is to fully fund the schools.” Like many superintendents in Arizona, Mendivil is seeking flexibility, noting in the agenda item that any decision he makes would depend “on information provided by the CDC and the Governor’s office regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.” But the memo also noted, “The decision to delay will only be made after consultation with administrators and the Governing Board to allow administration additional time to plan for the safe return of students and staff.”

district’s capital budget – which got a $23 million boost in 2017 when the district sold a 63-acre plot of land in Ahwatukee to a Blandford Homes subsidiary that is building the gated Palma Brisa community. Technology also accounts for all but $600,000 of Kyrene’s $2.7 million in coronavirus-related spending in the new budget, Hermann told the Governing Board last week. He said $1.9 million will be spent on technology and another $200,000 on distance-learning support while the remainder will be used to buy cleaning and disinfecting supplies as well as personal protective equipment. Kyrene is reprioritizing bond and capital override funds to cover those costs so that it has a balanced budget. Additionally, Hermann said, the district has achieved a $1 million surplus that can be used for any unanticipated COVID-19 costs or other unforeseen expenses. But Hermann also offered a sobering look at what it would cost if every student came back to the classroom and the district wanted to ensure social distancing among pupils. “Often questions arise about lowering the class sizes and reducing the ridership on buses. These activities come with both significant financial and organizational challenges,” Hermann told the board. “For instance, if only one student sat in a seat on a bus, Kyrene would need to hire approximately 60 additional bus drivers and purchase 41 additional bunch of buses. And the cost for these activities would be significant at a total of $7.7 million.” That would double the district’s current number of drivers. Of course, bus drivers are hard to find even without social distancing, he noted, so Kyrene likely would have to pay even more than it does now as it competes with other districts for drivers. Ducey’s plan does not address an expected increase in transportation costs. Essigs said that schools won’t be able to fill buses with students, as had been done before, and yet still maintain the required social distancing. That, he said, will result in more trips, meaning more gasoline and, eventually, more wear-and-tear on buses. When it comes to social distancing in classrooms, Kyrene’s costs would be astronomical, Hermann said: To reduce class size to only 15 students per room, Kyrene

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would have to hire about 420 teachers at an annual cost of $30 million in salary and benefits. This is one of the reasons that Kyrene developed hybrid and all-online learning models, figuring many parents will opt to keep their children home, at least for the early part of the school year in the hopes that the pandemic will get under control. Ducey’s plan also sets aside $20 million to help kids catch up on what many of them missed after in-person instruction disappeared in March. Since Ducey’s announcement was only made a week ago, it’s unclear if Kyrene or Tempe Union will seek one of those onetime grants – which the state will award on the basis of a variety of factors. The governor also is putting $6 million into the Arizona Teachers Academy he got lawmakers to create several years ago to convince more college students to go into the classroom by paying for their college tuition. What makes that necessary is that the COVID-19 outbreak has only exacerbated

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fact that he agreed a week ago to allow cities and counties to impose face mask requirements. He has refused to do this on a statewide basis. But the governor said the fact that 75 percent of the state now is under such a local mandate should finally result in the state turning the corner – for the moment. “What we’re going to deal with now over the next 30 or 40 days, I believe will slow the spread of this virus,’’ he said. . “And then we will head into a second wave.’’ Ducey, who dissolved his stay-at-home order in the middle of last month after six weeks, said he is not prepared to reinstate it. But the governor did say that, mandate or not, people should stay at home when they don’t need to be out. “Go out and get a haircut,’’ he said. “Get something to eat. And go home.’’ Dr. Cara Christ, his health director, echoed that message. “You are safer at home with your household contacts,’’ she said. And Christ said there are things people need to consider if and when they do go out. “Indoor spaces are riskier than being

the number of older teachers leaving the profession, exacerbating what the governor’s office is calling the “Gray Wave’’ or “Silver Tsunami.’’ Those additional dollars, on top of $15 million already in the state budget, would provide enough to pay the tuition of another approximately 1,200 college students. Aides to Ducey said that schools have direct access to other dollars, including funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that could be directed to cover some of those costs. Overall, Essigs said, he sees the plan as a positive development, stating, ““At least it’s better than what it was before.’’ Ducey also is making available $1 million for “school innovation microgrants’’ for innovative programs and $500,000 for the Teach for America program to provide tutoring to children defined as the most in need. He also exempted school districts from having to go out and solicit bids for cleaning supplies and any other personal protective equipment needed. Howard Fischer of Capital Media Services contributed to this report. outdoors,’’ she said. And the more people there are, Christ said, the greater the risk of infection. She and Ducey also repeatedly stressed the need for people to wear masks in public. Christ also advised people to limit their Independence Day celebrations to close family gatherings. Chandler, Mesa and Gilbert all have plans for very limited July 4 celebrations, stripping down weekend-long festivities to a drive-in firworks show. All those drive-in fireworks shows will enforce social distancing, with Mesa and Chandler making cars and trucks park in alternating spaces. For the most part, people in those vehicles won’t have a chance to mingle with others much. They will be required to stay in the empty parking space next to their vehicle or just stay in their vehicle. Mesa’s fireworks show will be at the abandoned Fiest Mall on Alma School Road and the US 60 while Chandler’s will be held at Tumbleweed Park in south Chandler. Both begin at 9 p.m. Ahwatukee has no fireworks show. It fell victim in 2017 to financial hardship within the Ahwatukee Chamber of Commerce, which had sponsored it for two decades, as well as freeway construction.

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State AG to enforce gay discrimination ban said he first wants to see how broad is the Supreme Court decision. He said a lot of what happens next could depend on whether the ruling covers only employment discrimination or other forms, like housing or public accommodation. But Rep. John Allen, R-Scottsdale, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said he’s not sure such a move to limit the scope of Arizona’s anti-discrimination laws – assuming there were the votes for it – would make sense. The case involves Jane Bruer who had been employed at Phillips Law Group. What got the state involved is that the Civil Rights Division of the Attorney General’s Office would not issue her a “rightto-sue’’ letter because her allegations of sex discrimination were not within the agency’s jurisdictions. She then sued Brnovich, seeking a court ruling that the definition of “sex’’ within the Arizona law also includes “sexual orientation, sex stereotyping, transgender status, and gender identity and expression.’’

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ttorney General Mark Brnovich is going to begin enforcing Arizona’s civil rights laws against private employers who discriminate based on someone’s sexual orientation. In a new court filing, Brnovich said that he now considers the recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to be binding in all cases of sex discrimination in the workplace and will interpret the law that way even though state legislators have not amended Arizona’s own statutes. The attorney general acknowledged that the Legislature is free to come in and amend the Arizona Civil Rights Act to specifically say that sexual orientation or transgender status is not covered under the state law. But, absent some legislative direction, Brnovich said that’s how he’ll enforce the law from now on. Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee,

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College students dread another abnormal semester BY KAYLEE NIELSON AFN Contributor

n recent weeks, colleges and universities have released plans for the upcoming fall semester and from the pace of the COVID-19 pandemic, local higher-education students foresee another abnormal semester. Arizona State University announced that face coverings are required in university buildings and places on campus where social distancing is not possible, effective immediately. ASU senior Chris Laine said that in addition to mandatory masks, dining halls will be take-out style and classes will be half in-person, half-online. Similar protocols have been laid out for University of Arizona students, including mandatory face coverings, but still maintaining the option of an on-campus experience. But UArizona President Robert Robbins

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Longtime Kyrene educator succumbs to cancer BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

ong-time Kyrene School District educator Kathy Cranson Miller lost a four-year battle with cancer June

16. When family, friends and co-workers speak of her, they’re quick to mention her smiles, her kindness to young and old alike and her caring nature. Two memorial services were last Saturday at Tempe Mortuary in order to comply with coronavirus-related restrictions that limited attendance to 33 people per session. “There are 32 people in the Cranson family alone,” said Shelley Miller, who helped organize the services. “After COVID-19 is all done, we plan to hold a Celebration of Life as there are many students

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Mrs. Miller was involved with Kyrene District for more than three decades, beginning as a teacher and moving on to be an athletic director, assistant principal and principal. “Her whole life was focused on family and education. Even in the four years she spent �ighting cancer, she was always smiling. She was a great stepmom to our two children, and loved our �ive grandchildren as her own,” said Shelley Miller, the former wife of Miller’s husband of 14 years, Dan Miller. Added Susie Neil: “No one can �ill her shoes – not as a friend, as a teacher, as an administrator, as a community member. Kathy Miller is a one-of-a kind person; one of the best.” Neil said as a new hire with Kyrene, she found herself asked repeatedly by other teachers if she’d met Mrs. Miller, whom

they called Kathy Cranson. “No, I replied again and again. Then, I met her cousin, Tom Cranson, who told me that I should get to know Kathy, that she and I were much alike and would be good friends,” Neil recalled. “A few weeks later, Kathy was in the building and I sought her out and introduced myself. A short time later, I was having a birthday and didn’t have anyone to share lunch; so, I called Kathy and she said yes, she’d be happy to join me. We met at McDonald’s, ate a $3.18 lunch and have been the best of friends since.” Mrs. Miller and Neil both taught English and had other shared interests like crafts and teaching styles. “It was when Kyrene District offered a teacher development program that

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Ahwatukee teen honored for her philanthropy AFN NEWS STAFF

ncoming Desert Vista High School senior Alexa Horn has been honored by The Ahwatukee Foothills chapter of the National Charity League for her community service. The group fosters foster mother-daughter relationships though community service, leadership development and cultural experiences from grades 7-12. Along with a course load that includes AP and honors classes as well as dualenrollment courses, Alex also is an active member of Desert Vista’s Key Club and president of its Community Counts program, which partners Desert Vista students as mentors with second graders at Wilson Elementary School in central Phoenix. For those and other volunteer activities, Alexa, 17, received the Charity League’s Merci Award for the �ifth consecutive year for logging the highest number of philanthropic hours in the chapter from seventh grade through senior year; the Modelette

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Philanthropy Award for the �ifth consecutive year for the most philanthropic hours in the Class of 2021; and her �ifth consecutive Hourglass Award for logging 100 hours of combined philanthropic service. She has so far volunteered for 676.75 hours since seventh grade.

Alexa and her mother, Kim Horn, also received the league’s Mother-Daughter Award for the �ifth consecutive year for 90 philanthropic hours. In the last �ive years they have worked in philanthropic activities for a total of more than 1,300 hours and last year alone put in 309 hours helping others. Alexa and Kim joined the Charity League �ive years ago. They have volunteered at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Valleywise (the former Maricopa Integrated Health Systems), Banner Health, Child Crisis Arizona, Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation, Boys and Girls Club of Phoenix, St. Vincent de Paul, Feed My Starving Children, Backto-School Clothing Drive, Special Olympics, East Valley Women’s League, Cinderella Affair, Lost Our Home Pet Rescue, Mountain Park Senior Living – Memory Care Center, Treasures 4 Teachers, Jared Boxes and St. Mary’s Food Bank. Alexa is the Ahwatukee Foothills National Charity League President of the Class of 2021, and said she looks forward to “con-

tinue making an impact in the community, and to be able to continue to grow as college comes, which is right around the corner.” Her mother, owner of Arizona Bridal Source, said she and her daughter joined the Charity League because it encourages mothers and daughters to participate together in leadership, philanthropy and cultural experiences. Kim said she learned giving back to the community is essential from her mother, Carole Martin, who won the Daughters of the American Revolution award in high school in Macon, Illinois, for logging the most community service hours. Kim also won this same award. The nonpro�it was founded in 1925, and is open to mothers and their daughters in grades 7-12. The Ahwatukee Foothills chapter contributed 5,797 hours to the area communities in the past year. Information: ahwatukeefoothills.nationalcharityleague.org or email afncl. vpmembership@gmail.com

Kyrene administrator from Ahwatukee honored AFN NEWS STAFF

n Ahwatukee resident and Kyrene School District administrator has earned First Things First’s award as East Maricopa Regional Champion for Young Children. Sharyn Weinheimer received the award, “given to local champions who actively volunteer their time to raise public awareness of the importance of early childhood development and health,” First Things First said in a release. First Things First is a voter-created, statewide organization that funds early learning, family support and children’s preventive health services to help kids be successful once they enter kindergarten. Decisions about how those funds are spent are made by local councils staffed by community volunteers. The group said awardees like Weinheimer “spend a signi�icant amount of time volunteering with FTF and building public awareness about the importance of early childhood issues.” Weinheimer, a multi-tiered systems of support coordinator for Kyrene, uses the group’s

early literacy information in the district of�ice lobby to show school board members, staff and parents about the imporatance of early childhood. “I feel strongly about setting up children for success by making sure early childhood development and health are the focus,” said Weinheimer, a National Board Certi�ied Teacher. “Early literacy is the most important indicator of a child’s readiness for school. Early literacy development complements the current academic research, which supports the critical role of early experiences in shaping brain development,” she said. “My mission is to share with families the importance of reading, talking and singing with your child can set them up for a life of success.” Weinheimer also used First Things First’s early childhood information during her interactive workshops about dialogic reading, where the adult engages the child in the storytelling.

Sharyn Weinheimer of Ahwatukee, a Kyrene administrator, was lauded by First Things First for her effort to increase awareness of the important of early childhood education. (Special to AFN)

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“If I had to say today, would we open? No,” Robbins said. Desert Vista High School grad and UArizona sophomore Caitlyn Jodon is not certain what her fall will look like. “It was disappointing for my freshman year to be cut short and will be even more so if campus does not open up in the fall, Jodon said. “However, I appreciate all the efforts to hopefully prevent that and I completely understand the need for caution.” Returning home halfway through the semester created a variety of challenges for students. Alison Robinson, also a rising sophomore at Uarizona, recalled what it felt like returning home after less than a year of college, putting into words what lots of her peers experienced. “To be humorous during such a dif�icult time, I think the hardest part for college students was coming back home and living with their family so soon, which can be dif�icult after months of parental freedom,” Robinson said. For Alex Silver, a student at University of Washington, coming back home meant another challenge. “I think it’s fair to say that the pandemic is especially challenging for college stu-

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Kathy and I worked together. She was the administrator-in-charge, and I was one of the teachers,” recalled Neil. “An outstanding teacher like Kathy doesn’t just happen. She comes like that from God. Kathy’s friendship and willingness to help others brought us closer together,” she said. “Listening, that is one of Kathy’s best traits. She caused others to feel important, valuable, worthwhile, and was able to pass that along to colleagues, students and families. She challenged us to lowrisk tasks that we could build upon. She praised us with genuineness and support, causing us to want to continue.” Neil said her friend brought her career traits along into her personal relationships.

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dents who are out of state,” he said. “It is hard to make new friends in a new state and then leave them at the drop of a hat.” Schools across the country created online curriculums by recording lectures on platforms such as Zoom, utilizing online discussion boards, assignment drop boxes and digital exams that open for a speci�ied block of time. Some exams became open-note or even open-book, giving students a cushion that they didn’t have in the classroom. But particularly in the sciences, students experienced lab scenarios that could not be suf�iciently simulated online. “I am a biochemistry major, so I have some classes that are 100 percent lab with no lecture or class component whatsoever,” Silver explained. “I had a class this quarter where the entire curriculum was to identify the molecular identity of three unknown solids using chemical tests and various spectroscopy techniques. Since I don’t have an $800,000 magnetic resonance spectrometer just casually in my bedroom, you can see how an organic chemistry lab class would not transition well to an online format,” says Silver. Jodon shared similar circumstances, explaining, “This past semester, I was taking an anatomy class when the university

“Trust, honesty, safety, communication, giving, respect all tumbled together and consistently shared are key to Kathy’s treatment for others,” said Neil. Even the last four years of battling stage-four cancer didn’t change her friend’s caring personality, Neil said. “Kathy’s living with cancer was hardly noticeable. Her focus was caring for others: her nephew, her great-nephew, parents, family, other friends and other families,” Neil said. “She wanted us to feel comfortable around her, not to treat her differently. She shopped and laughed and cried and planned as though nothing were wrong. We might walk more slowly, but Kathy kept her spirit by her friends’ and family’s love and her strong faith in Christ.” Nancy Corner, a principal at Altadena Middle School from 2002 until her retire-

transitioned to online. This was de�initely the most intense class I took last year and my learning was negatively affected by the transition. “I missed out on several dissections,” she said, that included a sheep’s brain and cow’s eye. “I was looking forward to that. That would have really reinforced the material.” Other hiccups faced by students included professors’ unfamiliarity with technology or new software, although students hope that if classes remain online, they’ll run smoother because professors will have practiced and reworked their syllabi. As it stands, many returning students plan to enroll this semester despite the unknown, explaining that they want to move forward in getting their degree and �inishing school on time. But for recent high school grads, a Junior Achievement survey suggests the incoming Class of 2024 may be rethinking their plans. “Nearly half of teens have stated that the pandemic has changed their plans for after high school,” the survey found. “Of those whose plans have changed, more than a third (36 percent) responded that they will now work while nearly as many (32 percent) expect to delay their start

ment in 2016, remembered how she and Mrs. Miller �irst became acquainted as Kyrene co-workers in Ahwatukee. From there it blossomed into a decades-long friendship. “Kathy and I started working together in the late 80’s when I was hired as a teacher at Kyrene Middle School and she was a certi�ied specialist – another name for assistant principal. Then I moved to Centennial Middle School when it opened as a teacher and Kathy became the assistant principal. “I left CMS to open Akimel A-al Middle School and Kathy eventually became the principal at CMS, where she remained until she retired,” Corner continued, adding: “What I loved about Kathy is she was kind and personable to everyone. She truly cared about her colleagues, staff members, and loved middle school kids,

date for college.” But Mason Krug, who graduated this spring from Desert Vista, still plans to attend UCLA this fall despite some reservations about what his �irst year of college will be like. “I expected people to be buzzing to and from clubs and classes, with people meeting for lunch and studying happening everywhere, but I fear that most of this will not happen my �irst year,” Krug said. “I am concerned that many clubs and Greek life will be unavailable to me my freshman year. As this was such a big part of my idea of college, I am becoming increasingly nervous,” he added. A few schools across the country announced that the freshman and senior classes will be the only ones returning to campus while the others will continue online, allowing for more social distancing on campus, as well as a better ratio of available health resources per student. Other schools have stated that all students will remain online this semester and some have not released any plans at all, continuing to delay course registration and housing selection. In any case, students – and probably parents too – eagerly await the time when “parental freedom” is possible and safe again. even with all of their craziness. “She had great empathy for people -adults and students, when they were struggling and would do whatever she could to help and support them.” But above all, Corner said, “she was my friend.” They often traveled together and “we enjoyed many parties, happy hours, shopping trips, celebrations and shared times of sadness. “She was a very special person, who I will greatly miss.” Mrs. Miller was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1954. She is survived by her parents, David and Josephine Cranson, three brothers, a sister-in-law and her husband Dan Miller, whom she wed in 2006, as well as his two children, Daniel Miller and Michelle Cummings, and his �ive grandchildren.

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3-story beauty This six-bedroom, 11,000-square-foot, three-story home on S. Rockhill Road is the most expensive re-sale home in Ahwatukee, Priced at just under $4 million, the 26-year-old contemporary-style house was designed by renowned architect Kevin Bain, who made it a study in angles and planes to match the jagging mountainous area around it. The three story atrium with clerestory windows has an eye-popping appeal. The house was originally designed as a winter home, but its spacious design would make it difficult to leave even for a week. Nine-foot ceilings, several levels of balconies and a spectacular backyard with a chilldren’s playground add further lustre to its magniﬁcent luxury. (Special to AFN)

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test sub-market in the Valley, where only 35 houses are for sale. And Glendale, the state’s seventh largest city, has only 147 homes up for grabs. Closer to Ahwatukee, Maricopa – which once was awash in foreclosure homes after the Great Recession began – has only 71 houses on the market while buyers looking in Sun Lakes will have only 82 houses to choose from. “Calling it a feeding frenzy does not do it justice,” the Cromford Report stated, add-

ing that even the luxury home market is shaking out of its sluggishness. The 55-and-over communities, with the exception of Sun Lakes, “are also less skewed in favor of sellers,” it said. Cromford warns that the nearly historic sellers’ market means that buyers have to be extra careful. “In this environment things can get very frenetic and stressful,” it said. “Decision time is often very short and mistakes can result. Buying a home is one of the biggest decisions a buyer will make so I hope they will take time out to think carefully and

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Despite the widespread loss of jobs driven by the pandemic, the Valley’s housing market is reflecting a nationwide scarcity of inventory, according to Realtor.com. Experts partly attribute that to historically low mortgage rates as well as a downturn in new construction – although even new construction has not been as adversely affected by the recession as it had been after 2008, experts say. Also fueling the imbalance in the Valley between sellers and buyers is a continuing influx of newcomers from other parts of the country, especially California. “At the moment the supply of homes for sale is collapsing, making things extraordinarily tough for buyers who must compete with each other for the few homes offered for sale,” Cromford said, adding: “At the start of the pandemic, we saw a moderate bump in supply as a few investors sold in a panic, particularly those who owned vacation rentals who suddenly lost almost all their bookings. But now we are seeing a chronic shortage of entry-level and mid-range homes turn into a feeding frenzy for the few properties that remain on sale.”

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ummer is almost here, which for Arizonans means a lot of heat – and a lot of sunshine. It also is indicative of intense, random rainstorms – hence, why it is referred to in Arizona as monsoon season. Monsoon season brings thunderstorms, higher humidity, heavy rain, lightning, hail, high winds, flash flooding, dust storms and extreme heat. Everyone recalls the infamous 2014 monsoon season, which wreaked havoc on numerous homes and neighboring communities in Phoenix by dropping up to 6 inches of rain on parts of the Valley in a matter of just a few hours. While these torrential rainstorms cause many Valley residents to drive extra carefully or avoid the roads altogether during such storms as well as taking other ordinary precautions, most Arizonans do not realize they could face liability to a neighbor or other nearby property owner – or

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and our imaginations running amok with home improvement ideas, we can only hope these changes do not result in legal disputes among neighbors. If you are concerned about monsoon season and your real estate, and before you flood your neighbor with nasty demands, the smart course is to consult an attorney, so you know where you stand before you act. Benjamin Gottlieb is co-founder in the Phoenix law firm MacQueen & Gottlieb, the state’s #1 ranked real estate law firm for two years running. Information: MandGLawGroup.com or 602-5332840.

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alley seasonal residents Ron and Teddy Smidt were first reluctant to share their story in fear of looking foolish to friends and family. They then realized their story might prevent others from becoming a victim and losing thousands of dollars in the process. Now finally out of their timeshare, they have a message to share with anyone looking for a legitimate option. “We bought our timeshare in Branson, Missouri twenty years ago for our family to enjoy,” said Teddy, a retired school teacher. “But life changes, our kids are grown and they didn’t want it. Today with Airbnb and VRBO, you can rent a condo anytime, anywhere in the world.” Alexandra Olson, CEO of Give Up My Time, says her company has seen a 300 percent increase in calls, referrals and website visitors since the COVID-19 outbreak. Olson’s company has an “A” rating with BBB. Her concern is if calls have spiked

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with her company, they’ve also spiked with companies that may not be legitimate. “Some seniors are afraid to travel,” she explained. “Others are tired of paying the increasing annual fees and still not get the availability they want. For many, it’s more of a burden than a blessing.” Olson knows the industry well as she once sold timeshare before the emergence of Airbnb and VRBO. “Back then, timeshare was a fair exchange. But that may not be the case anymore. Many changes to the industry have led to the fact that availability isn’t what it used to be.” In October 2019, the Smidts paid $6,000 to a company that promised to take over their timeshare and all its financial obligations. Fifteen months later, the Smidts received a maintenance fee bill from their timeshare resort confirming that no transfer of the title was ever done. They lost the $6,000 and still owned the timeshare they so badly wanted to get rid of. “It was an awful feeling. I don’t want another senior couple or family to be lied to or cheated out their hard-earned money,” said Teddy.

Give Up My Timeshare, unlike the majority of timeshare exit companies, does not ask for a deposit or payment information until after the title has transferred out of the client’s name. There is a fee the clients are aware of from the start of the entire transaction that’s completed in about 45 days. Olson warns people wanting out of their timeshare, “You wouldn’t pay a real estate agent before your house has sold, so don’t be pressured into giving money before the title has transferred.” Ron Smidt, a retired sheriff’s deputy, was skeptical of Olson and Give Up My Timeshare after attending a seminar. “Teddy and I kept working with their people, providing our timeshare information, knowing we could back out the moment they ask for money, but that never happened,” he said. “When we got the phone call that the timeshare was out of hands, Teddy and I cheered and clapped like kids. We were beyond happy.” Olson has these tips against being scammed by timeshare exit companies: Never give any money upfront or pro-

vide any payment info. She said it’s an easy transaction. “If they can’t wait a few weeks to get paid, you may not want to do business with them,” Olson said. Don’t fall for the “buyer in the wings” tactic where a company claims someone wants to buy your exact week. You will be offered a big sum of money but told you will first need to pay a “transaction fee” first. Be aware of bad legal counsel. Some attorneys will tell clients to just stop paying the maintenance fee as a leverage for negotiations to get out. Just like home ownership, you can’t just stop making payments without risking impact to credit and other assets. “The ultimate question to ask of any exit company is to understand their business model,” Olson added. “Ask yourself, is this sustainable? Are they maintaining integrity to the industry or trying to pull a scam here? We have a platform for maximizing these otherwise unwanted timeshares and repurposing them into vacation rentals so that the resort is not harmed by the ownership being transferred.” Information: GiveUpMyTimeshare.com.

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6,316 sqft, 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms. Located in the prestigious Ahwatukee Custom Estates community, this single level, Mediterranean-style home boasts a combination of old-world sophistication and comfortable charm. The private 6,316 square foot home is nestled in a cul-de-sac on an over half acre lot and boasts 5 bedrooms, 5 and ½ baths, two master suites, a spacious exercise room that can double as a bedroom, a private, gated driveway, gorgeous, mature landscaping, and an elegant courtyard. The formal dining area is intimate and opens to the living room, which has custom wooden beams, a large Cantera stone gas fireplace, and an inline door that merges the indoors and outdoors into an entertainer’s paradise with a diving pool, spa, built-in BBQ and multiple sitting areas with a roof top terrace. The kitchen is right in the heart of it all and includes refinished cabinets, upgraded Viking appliances, a walk-in pantry, and a temperature-controlled wine room. Plus a 4 car air conditioned garage with a bonus art & craft room. There is a lot to love in this beautiful home!

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2012 E Brookwood Court

$1,159,000

4,836 sqft, 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms. Welcome to this fabulous single level custom estate in the hillside gated community of The Sanctuary backing onto wide green belt. This home includes 4,836 sqft of livable space, front courtyard, casita suite with bathroom, 3 additional bedroom suites, 3.5 bathrooms, formal living and dining rooms, gourmet kitchen with new stainless steel appliances, family room, game room, theater room, office, exercise/nursery room, multi-room network wiring with automated controls, 3-car garage and resort style backyard with amazing mountain views!

COOPER COMMONS

12675 S Honah Lee Court

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2260 E Indian Wells Drive

$505,000

2,847 sqft, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Stunning Updated Home! Spacious 4 Bedroom 3 bath. Light and bright featuring Formal Living room & Dining room plus LRG Family room, complete with updated wood plank tile flooring. Gorgeous updated granite kitchen w/island, Samsung stainless appliances and walk-in pantry. 4th bedroom has attached full bathroom, great for guests! Huge Master suite w/vaulted ceilings & exit door to backyard pool. Spa like master bath w/dbl sinks and granite counters, glass enclosed shower, spa soaker tub & walk-in closet. Enjoy your backyard Oasis w/palm tree lined enormous play pool, w/ upgraded salt system, variable speed pump and LED multicolored pool lighting all in 2017.

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12675 S Honah Lee Court

6,316 sqft, 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms. Located in the prestigious Ahwatukee Custom Estates community, this single level, Mediterranean-style home boasts a combination of old-world sophistication and comfortable charm. The private 6,316 square foot home is nestled in a cul-de-sac on an over half acre lot and boasts 5 bedrooms, 5 and ½ baths, two master suites, a spacious exercise room that can double as a bedroom, a private, gated driveway, gorgeous, mature landscaping, and an elegant courtyard. The formal dining area is intimate and opens to the living room, which has custom wooden beams, a large Cantera stone gas fireplace, and an inline door that merges the indoors and outdoors into an entertainer’s paradise with a diving pool, spa, built-in BBQ and multiple sitting areas with a roof top terrace. The kitchen is right in the heart of it all and includes refinished cabinets, upgraded Viking appliances, a walkin pantry, and a temperature-controlled wine room. Plus a 4 car air conditioned garage with a bonus art & craft room. There is a lot to love in this beautiful home!

Offered at $1,499,000

Bonny Holland 602.369.1085 www.LeadingLuxuryExperts.com

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CIRCLE G AT RIGGS RANCH Estate living with refined tranquility in this exquisite setting. Meticulous stonework adorns entire exterior of this luxury home. Inviting entry opens to diagonally laid tile with granite inlays and dramatic wooden staircase. Formal dining room with stacked stone fireplace. Gourmet kitchen features granite countertops, large island, Subzero refrigerator, and Wolf gas cooktop with double ovens. Fireplace and wet bar in great room. Floor plan boasts seven bedrooms, playroom and large game room. Expansive master suite includes large sitting area with two-way fireplace, crown molding, separate walk-in closets and spacious bathroom. Three custom iron doors lead to massive covered patio with pavers, built-in barbeque, heated pool with waterfall and slide, gorgeous landscaping with fruit trees and koi pond.

PRISTINE & CLASSY GATED ESTATE ON A PREMIUM 2/3 ACRE HILLSIDE LOT • PRIVATE CUL-DE-SAC • 6 BEDROOMS, 4.5 BATHS, 5200 SQFT OF PURE LUXURY FINISHES • STUNNING VIEWS IN EVERY DIRECTION • IRON DOOR • BUTTED GLASS WINDOWS IN ENTRY & KITCHEN • CUSTOM WINDOW TREATMENTS • DECORATOR PAINT • DOME CEILING FOYER & GROIN VAULTED CEILINGS IN LIVING ROOM • TRAVERTINE & HARDWOOD FLOORS THROUGHOUT • 7-INCH BASEBOARDS • MEDIA ROOM • DREAM KITCHEN INCLUDES S/S APPLIANCES,SLAB GRANITE COUNTERS, ALDER CABINETS,HUGE ISLAND,WALK IN PANTRY • LARGE MASTER SUITE W/STONE FIREPLACE • MASTER BATH W/JACUZZI TUB,3 VANITIES & SNAIL SHOWER • PARADISE BACKYARD W/TRAVERTINE IN VERSAILLES PATTERN,TURF GRASS,PEBBLETEC POOL/ JACUZZI,4 WATER FEATURES,LARGE COVERED PATIO,STACKED STONE BBQ • 4 CAR GARAGE W/ EPOXY & STORAGE! YOUR DREAM ESTATE AWAITS!!

Large secondary bedrooms. Oversized laundry room with sink, granite countertops, cabinetry and room for a refrigerator. Additional upgrades throughout include 8’ solid core doors, speakers, surround sound in numerous locations, designer paint and exterior security cameras. Three masonry fireplaces. Anderson windows installed six years ago on entire first level. Four Trane a/c units with variable speed. Over-sized side entry four car garage. Availability to park an RV in the back as long as a garage is built for it. Over 7,000 square feet of stone on exterior. Almost acre-sized lot affords complete privacy.

Listed for $1,950,000

Listed for $1,399,000

Geno Ross (602) 751-2121 www.GenoRoss.com

Mike Mendoza

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KELLER WILLIAMS® REALTY

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HGTV’s Property Brothers rely on some basic design tips AFN NEWS SERVICES

t’s been a big year for Drew and Jonathan Scott. They premiered their new HGTV show, “Celebrity IOU,” starred in Season 3 of their hit show “The Property Brothers: Forever Home,” and have a new season of “Brother vs. Brother” coming soon. And while the brothers are always taking risks and trying out new styles, they have some go-to renovation tricks and style choices that give their projects that signature “Property Brothers” style. Here’s a look at them. Two-tone kitchen cabinets. The Scott brothers love designing two-tone kitchens, tying bold colors into their kitchen renovations – but they’re careful not to go overboard with too much of a good thing. That’s why they often choose two-tone cabinets. Light-toned cabinets allow a kitchen to look fresh while cabinets with bolder tones allow for some contrast and personality with white uppers and dark lowers. Bold lighting fixtures. The brothers are

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The Property Brothers are big stars on HGTV and have some tips that DIYers might want to follow for sprucing up their homes. (Special to AFN)

known for their light and bright contemporary style. And while the Scotts often accomplish this look by breaking down walls and letting in natural light, they also love bold lighting fixtures. Not only does a new light fixture brighten up the home, but the right design can also bring extra style into a living space. Light hardwood flooring. Light flooring helps a home feel big and bright.

Dark floors can make a home feel small and closed off, so the brothers prefer light, wide-plank hardwood to give the whole house a new look. Fun tile in the entryway. While the brothers often recommend uniform hardwood floors throughout the living space, they make an exception with the front entryway. They recommend entryway floors that are easy to clean and durable, which means tile can be a perfect choice. But instead of choosing plain tiles with boring colors, the brothers often pick bright, colorful tiles with fun patterns such as retroinspired tiles and one custom penny tile entryway with the word “HOME” printed in pink. Lots of closets in the entryway. While some new tile floors may be enough to bring style to an entryway, the brothers know they also need to add functionality to the front of the house. That’s why they often add storage right off the front door. As a bonus, sometimes the brothers add a bench by the door. Built-in banquettes. This built-in banquette is perfect for family meals, plus it

5 BR / 4.5 BA / 4924 SQFT

Magnificent mountain luxury retreat perched high on elevated hillside lot in exclusive gated community with majestic views.

Majestic Southwest contemporary estate on private hillside lot with stunning mountain and city light views. .

Listed for $1,510,000

3 BR / 2 BA / 2,147 SQFT Spacious, immaculately maintained split floor plan. Updated kitchen and baths. Pebble Tec pool plus 2019 exterior paint.

Mountain Park Ranch

Tapestry Canyon

Beautifully remodeled patio home. New kitchen, baths, flooring plus interior and exterior paint. 2019 roof.

Listed for $389,900

Mike Mendoza MendozaTeam.com

Listed for $1,325,000

3 BR / 2 BA / 1,733 SQFT

Pointe South Moutnain

comes with lots of storage. A kitchen banquette gives any home a warm and casual feel, making mealtime feel more relaxed. The brothers add extra functionality to the banquette by adding plenty of storage with lots of cabinets and drawers. Floating kitchen shelves. The brothers believe that floating shelves keep a kitchen feeling open, and they provide an opportunity to show off colorful decor and flatware. The brothers say a deck connects the inside and outside spaces and makes for a perfect spot to kick back and relax. So, it’s important that a deck always look beautiful. That’s why the brothers love updating decks with elegant glass railings. The railings also provide great sightlines to the backyard, making the deck feel like a true outside oasis. Clean, fresh fireplaces. The brothers like fireplaces because they add a warm, homey feel to any living space. While bold, colorful fireplace tiles may be trendy in modern homes, Drew and Jonathan tend to stick to a cleaner and classic look. The light, understated fireplaces allow the rest of the living room decor to shine.

Ahwatukee’s #1 Team for Over 30 Years 5 BR / 5.5 BA / 5,002 SQFT

Mountain Park Ranch

Listed for $417,500

4 BR / 2.5 BA / 2,450 SQFT

7 BR / 4.5 BA / 8,873 SQFT

Superb updates throughout with downstairs master suite. 2019 interior paint, pool pump, water softener, refrigerator, washer and dryer.

Estate living with refined tranquility in this exquisite setting. Meticulous stonework adorns entire exterior of this luxury home.

Listed for $475,000

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Ahwatukee Custom Estates One of the most amazing view lots in

$2,099,000

SOLD!

all of AZ. Custom home with everythingl 10,000 sq. ft., 3/4 acre prserve lot, 6 bedrooms, 6 bathes, Executive Office Suite, Master Suite with Sitting Room, Master Bath with Jacuzzi, Theater Room, Exercise Room, Loft, Guest House, Grand Foyer, Gourmet Kitchen, Resort Backyard with Pebbletec Diving Pool, Watertalls, slide, Volcano, firepit, Spa, Sport Court, Grassy Play Areas, & Outdoor Kitchen, 4-car A/C Garage. A true masterpiece!!!

Calabrea

Ahwatukee Custom Estates

$1,399,000

$1,950,000

Pristine & Classy Gated Estate On A Premium 2/3 Acre Hillside Lot, Private Cul-De-Sac, 6 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths, 5200 Sqft Of Pure Luxury Finishes, Stunning Views In Every Direction, Iron Door, Butted Glass Windows In Entry & Kitchen, Custom Window Treatments, Decorator Paint, Dome Ceiling Foyer & Groin Vaulted Ceilings In Living Room, Travertine & Hardwood Floors Throughout, 7-Inch Baseboards, Media Room, Dream Kitchen Includes S/S Appliances, Slab Granite Counters, Alder Cabinets, Huge Island, Walk In Pantry, Large Master Suite W/Stone Fireplace, Master Bath W/Jacuzzi Tub, 3 Vanities & Snail Shower, Paradise Backyard W/Travertine In Versailles Pattern, Turf Grass, Pebbletec Pool/Jacuzzi, 4 Water Features, Large Covered Patio, Stacked Stone Bbq, 4 Car Garage W/Epoxy & Storage! Your Dream Estate Awaits!!

Calabrea $1,099,000

Cabrillo Canyon $689,000

SOLD! Stunning Single Level Custom Remodel on a huge corner lot in a cul-de-sac! *4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath *The highest quality custom finishes throughout *Grand foyer *Formal living & dining room *Familt room w/fireplace *Wetbar *Designer kitchen includes: quartzsite counters & island, s/s appliances, custom cabinetry, walk-in pantry *Recessed LED lights throughout *Plantation shutters *Large master suite *Master bath w/walk-in shower, free standing tub, & walk-in closet *Laundry room w/sink *Wood flooring *Custom fixtures *Trane A/C’s *Private backyard w/covered patio, pebbletec pool, turf, & RV gate with tons of room to park the toys *3 Car garage with epoxy *The lot is very private *The house shows like a new build *Do not miss your opportunity to own this amazing Cabrillo Canyon Estate!

Amazing Remodeled Custom Estate with mountain views located at the end of a cul-de-sac.Over 8000sqft of pure luxury finishes.6 Bedroom,5.5 Baths.Custom Kitchen.Elevator.Executive Office.Basement Media Room.Dance Studio.Huge Backyard with Pool, Jacuzzi, Turf, BBQ, Sportcourt.This Spectacular Estate has it all!!!

Summerhill $1,099,000

5 bedroom / 3 bath, 3,506 SqFt, Cul-de-sac location with huge backyard, sports court, built-in BBQ, mature shade trees, very private backing to wash. Good size SOLD! bedrooms, master downstai5. Features a large office with balcony, plus office/loft with built-in bookcase and 3 full baths. Th� home is perfect for family gatherings BEST NEAR THE LOOP 202 in gated withand stunning mountain only. views. andLOCATION entertaining. CanNEW be previewed with 24Calabrea hour notice appointment Complete with the highest quality build and finishes. Gourmet kitchen includes slab granite counters, alder cabinets, and stainless steel appliances. This estate also features a media/ theater room with 105 inch screen. The basement includes a full wet bar, family room & 2 bedrooms. Resort Backyard with pool. A perfect 10!

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Stunning single-level custom estate gated summerhill on a 1/2 acre lot. beautiful mountain views. Gourmet Kitchen. Master Suite w/sitting area. Two master suites. Split floorplan. Executive office w/built-in cabinets. Tropical paradise backyard w/covered patio, gazebo, pebbletec pool, rock waterfall, built-in bbq, turf, & putting green. This estate has the perfect floorplan!!

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SOLD!

$397,000

Gorgeous Ahwatukee home, an absolute dream, 2254 square feet, 3 bedrooms plus den/loft, 3 full bathrooms, 2 car garage, newly installed hardwood floors, Updated galley kitchen & cabinets, granite countertops & stainless steel appliances. Travertine in kitchen and bathrooms. Enjoy your beautiful back yard overlooking the golf course and custom made fountain.

The Sanctuary

$499,900

$1,250,000

Meticulous Estate Series 3,036 sq foot home is perfectly situated on a N/S 10,238 sq. foot lot. Located just down the street from the school and park. Numerous Upgrades Include New Interior Two-tone paint, NEW Carpet, 10’ Ceilings, in/outdoor surround sound oversized laundry room, epoxy coated garage floor, garage cabinets/work bench, H2O Softener, R/O system, 8’ RV Gate with driveway.

Gorgeous 4,244 sq. foot Custom Forte with breathtaking mountain views. Situated on over ¾ of an acre N/S hillside lot features 5 bedrooms, 4 ½ baths, and spacious living and entertaining areas throughout. Gourmet kitchen boasts alder cabinets, upgraded Wolf appliances, walk-in pantry, prep sink and elegant granite countertops.. The adjacent 2,000 sq. foot 8-car garage is a car lovers’ or sports enthusiasts’ dream with extended length, built-in storage, central vacuum, & indoor batting cage. Resort-like backyard features extended covered patio, built-in BBQ, pebble tech heated pool, lush landscaping & amazing rooftop sun deck. Great Ahwatukee location near Excelling Kyrene schools, golf, hiking trails and fabulous access to both the East & West Valley.

Jenifer Bulfer 480-297-6968 jbulfer@westusa.com

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Mesa

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PENDING!

$499,900

$615,000

$459,900

4 bedroom, 3 bath, 3252 Sq Ft. This gorgeous family home with it’s backyard oasis combines the best of indoor and outdoor living . The remodeled kitchen overlooks the dining/family room with gas fireplace and offers granite counter tops, stainless appliances, duel ovens, wet bar and large pantry. Recently repainted inside & out and re-carpeted in 2019.

BEAUTIFUL SINGLE LEVEL BASEMENT HOME IN DESIRABLE HARBOR ISLAND! Split Floor plan. 3672 sq.ft. 5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths. Large Basement with 1 Bedroom & Full Bath W/ Plenty of Room to put another Bedroom & still have a Nice-Size Game room.

Lovely Home in the Gated Community of Lehi Crossing in Mesa. 2776 sq.ft. 4 Bedrooms , 3 Baths plus a Loft. Lots of upgrades. 15 foot Glass Slider, Shutters T/O, & Upgraded Gorgeous Kitchen. Mountain Views. Close to 202 access.

Geri Thompson 480-239-7589 gerithompson@westusa.com

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2 views of Tempe Union’s reopening plan The district is trying to protect our children We want a plan, not terms of surrender BY JENNIFER UNDERWOOD AFN Guest Writer

understand that for many of you, TUHSD’s June 17 study session felt like a gut punch and you likely spent the evening and remainder of the week venting your concerns and frustrations to everyone, while trying to rally everyone against the district. However, I would like to ask you just to take a second, breathe and read the following with an open mind because I know you love your children and only want what is best for them. As a community, we have worked extremely hard to produce amazing young adults. We are invested in our children and I applaud everyone for being concerned about their child’s academic success. However, I have serious concerns for our students. I saw a lot of parents expressing “what they want to happen in the fall;” “what their students want and need to happen in the fall;” and ultimately a lot of remarks about “how the district is failing.” Everyone knows the district mission statement is “Excellence in Teaching and Learning.” The district has consistently shown our community that they strive for our students to receive quality education. Our community strives to have our kids “career and college ready.” However, maybe we owe it to our teens to first and foremost teach them the following skills needed to succeed not just in high school but in their future careers and personal lives: Perspective: How not to let temporary problems create permanent issues. Life isn’t always fair, but we can choose how we react to injustice. How to process crisis? Do you run

away, do you stay and fight, do you look for resources and data to guide you on that path? Trust the people who have proven that they are there for you and want you to succeed. I know parents are stressed out. I know things are crazy right now due to this pandemic. I know some of us and our children have different socio-emotional and learning needs. I am in no way discounting any of that. I also agree that education in Arizona has been struggling for years to get proper funding. Our kids are looking at us to model for them how to handle a crisis. Are the children going to see us do any of the following: Model perspective: Are we going to teach them that this is a once-in-a-lifetime issue and we just have to go with the flow? Or are we going to show them to only care about themselves regardless of the impact on others? Adapt: As adults we constantly adapt to new ways of doing things and, honestly, technology is something that has become more and more a part of our lives. Our teens will need to have the ability to navigate online education formats when they are in college. Global thinking: We are so busy trying to disprove science that we haven’t noticed that children in Asian countries have successfully been able to wear masks as needed. Why does everyone presume that our children are not capable of this? Our children are smart and capable. We just need to model for them how it works. I tried four different types of masks before I figured out what worked for me as an ADHD asthmatic. Our children are just as competent as those from other cul-

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BY KRISTIN BLANCHARD AFN Guest Writer

hile there is much unknown about what our COVID future holds, the current one-day at school plan will guarantee damage to our student’s learning and social-emotional health – some of it irreparable. I am disappointed in the apparent lack of planning for the 2020-21 school year. COVID has been with us since March. The fact that the district did not put together special teams, task forces and think tanks for planning the 2020-21 school year is simply irresponsible. The meeting on June 17 was a demonstration in self-congratulations followed by an announcement of complete surrender. There is no plan. The superintendent’s proposal is closing schools and ensuring failure. The superintendent’s proposal, as I understand it, is for one day a week – 37 school days for 2020/21 school year. That is reckless. As explained in the meeting, the proposed idea was built on partial parent and teacher survey results and didn’t account for the main priorities of what a district should be focusing on. 1. Priority: LEARNING a. How do we deliver instruction and learning with near programing as inperson? b. How can we implement five-daya-week instruction? c. If not in-person, then possibilities must include: synchronous learning options with readily available technology because this is the most robust evidencebased instruction. 2. Priority: SAFETY (for both teachers and students) a. What is the protocol and plan at each school for staff/teachers? b. What is the protocol and plan at each school for students?

c. This priority was not addressed because the superintendent’s proposal surrenders completely and shuts down our education. We must do better. 3. Priority: FLEXIBILTY a. How do we meet each families comfort level with rapid changes to COVID? b. What are the indicators for stayat-home and return to five days per week? These priorities should lead every discussion and option for the 2020-21 school year. Our high school students are essential workers! Their job is to go to school and learn. Our high schoolers’ job is to become productive and valuable members of our Arizona community. We must get these essential workers back to work. The current plan surrenders the battle before even preparing to fight. Parents gave the district a pass in the spring because this situation was thrust upon all of us without fair warning. The schools and teachers did the best that they could under the circumstances. But now, four months later, it appears that the district has wasted the planning time that we all had during the “shelter in place.” Again, we waited for a plan and instead we were read terms of your surrender. As the mother of a rising Desert Vista High School sophomore, my hope – and the hope of most of the parents and teachers of the district – is that the board does the hard work now. Other schools and districts did this and so can we. Other schools are planning for live and synchronous learning with a flexibility to adjust as COVID numbers and family choices change. In the next 30 days, we need a real plan that addresses all three priorities. The first priorities must be education

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Towards a more supportive and safe environment The following letter was submitted to the Tempe Union Governing Board and signed by all the district high schools’ principals.

e love our students. We care about them deeply and think about them all the time. We celebrate with them when they succeed. We anguish with them when they stumble. We do our best to prepare them for the academic rigors of their post-secondary life; and we try our best to guide, support and equip them to succeed in a world where racism still exists, where Black lives matter, and where we can all do our part to make things better. When the intense stress of being a teenager in a world that feels too complicated to navigate becomes too much, we move heaven and earth to get them the support they need. To be whole. To be supported. To feel valued. And when Columbine, and Sandy Hook, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and so many other school shootings happen, or a pandemic strikes, we grieve for the victims and act to make our schools ever safer. It is the work that everyone in our district does. For our students. For everyone in our district. This work is reflected in our district’s very first core value and belief: We Put Students First. We do this by providing them thoughtful and engaging curriculum and instruction, turning on a dime when necessary, as we are doing with our proposed Flex Learning model. Putting our students first also means taking care of their social and emotional needs, providing for their safety, and creating an environment where they can learn, engage and grow intellectually, socially and emotionally. We are never perfect at this, but we always strive to be better at it. While the student counselor ratio in Arizona is 905-1, among the worst in the nation, ours is closer to 425-1. Not near perfect, but better than the national average. Our students need opportunities to think, take a breath, and reflect. Each of our schools has a Mindfulness room, and we are ramping up our resources and programs to fully engage the potential they offer for supporting our students’ social and emotional well-being. Not perfect, but on the right path. Through our partnership with the City of Tempe, we have CARE 7 supported

social workers. They are all so dedicated and caring and work closely with our invaluable district social workers and psychologists as critical members of our intervention teams to support the social and emotional health of our students. Not perfect, but it is the support our students need. We will continue to try to find even more supports for our students as they navigate our rigorous academics and the challenges of teenage life. We are fortunate that our campuses have outstanding people working to support our students. And we can always use more resources. Among the resources that we know are critical to that social, emotional AND safety support for our students, as well as our staff, are our school resource officers. We are painfully aware that there have been criminal injustices in police departments around the country. And we believe systemic reform is needed in both policing and society for our students and our communities to have equity of opportunity and equality of justice. And we believe we must all become anti-racist in America for that to be truly realized. We believe it is important for us as educational leaders on our campuses to support and foster those beliefs and actions of equity and justice. And, we simultaneously believe strongly that the School Resource Officers on our campus are, and ought to be, a key resource for the solutions we all seek in providing safety, support, education and equity for our students and for our community. We have been fortunate in our district that our SROs have truly been School RESOURCE Officers, not just Cops on Campus. Their work, like ours, is never perfect, but we believe it models what community policing is all about, and what school resource officers were meant to do; positively educate students about the law, both in small groups and larger classrooms, support and mentor students when they are feeling pressure, help our students make good and wise decisions, get to know our students and their families and connect them to community resources, understand the pressures that teenagers are dealing with so police officers can better deal with our

students and young people in our community, protect our campus community from outside threats, and be an integral part of our school support teams. This is how we help students learn and grow into caring and compassionate adults, who know their rights, who know they have support systems, who know they are protected and cared for, and who know the importance of equity and justice. How do our School Resource Officers do this work? Here are some examples from our campuses: • Our SROs are a valuable member of our school safety teams and our school Crisis Teams. • Our SROs are our primary conduit of communication for safety situations in area, helping to determine when lockdowns might be necessary for the safety of our students and staff, or when there is a threat that we need to be aware of for the safety of our students and staff. • Our SROs are helping to implement THE SANDY HOOK PROMISE (for example at McClintock it is the McClintock Promise). • Our SROs lead formal and informal support groups, including, for example, a men’s group on one of our campuses for male students, in conjunction with our CARE 7 Youth Specialist, as a way to reduce social isolation and increase inclusivity. • Our SROs work in classrooms doing a variety of Law Related Education teaching, including Crime Scene Investigations, Criminal Justice classes, and through the use of Drunk Driving Goggles for students to experience during lunch. • Our SROs attend many of our afterschool events, and are always talking with and engaging individual and groups of students as a valued part of our school communities. • Our SROs work with our students to help them understand issues surrounding a variety of subjects such as online stalking and the dangers of social media. • Our SROs participate in many trainings regarding the social/

emotional health of students, restorative justice and the crisis team, to better help them understand our approach to these issues and to understand, support and be a key part of our intervention teams. • Our SROs use restorative practices rather than punitive punishment. • Our SROs do countless silent acts of goodwill and kindness, including purchasing shoes for students and their elementary siblings, a stroller for a TAPP mom, providing lunches for students, and so many more. • Our SROs act as a liaison between parents and the Tempe and Phoenix Police Departments. • Our SROs provide immediate and critical response to any drugs/ weapons situations on or around our campuses. • Our SROs support and practice restorative justice philosophies with students. • Our SROs are aware of, and work to significantly reduce the school-toprison pipeline problem through counseling, mentoring and personal intervention. • Our SROs always are a support for our teenagers, as exemplified by one of our SROs being selected as a Champion for Youth award winner this past year, primarily for his counseling work in suicide prevention and student support, having directly saved the life of a student who was exhibiting suicide ideations and would only talk with his SRO. These are just a few examples of the critical roles our SROs play every day in keeping our campuses safe, our students supported and our pursuit of equity of justice and equality of opportunity at the forefront of everything we do, as we continue to put our students first. Mayra Arroyo, Tomika Banks, Mike Deignan, Brian Guliford, Nathan Kleve, Dora Sampson and Sarah Tolar

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Foothills bylaw reform will bene�it all homeowners

The Foothills Community Association HOA will conduct a vote during July on reforms for the HOA. All HOA members will receive ballots in the mail soon. Members will be able to vote online or return their ballots by mail, and instructions for both voting methods will be included with the ballot. Please take a few moments and vote. I urge you to vote “approve” on the reform package. It is essential for all Foothills homeowners to vote. There are several real estate corporations that control large blocks of votes within the HOA and, in the past, they have dominated the

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tures. We can do this and we can show them how to do this. Teachers are their adult role models. Are we telling our students that these adults – who have shown their commitment to them time and time again – shouldn’t be trusted to protect their safety and security? The reality is that COVID-19 sucks.

HOA voting process. If we, the homeowners, can come together and “approve” these reforms, we can ensure that our voices will prevail. These HOA reforms have been put forth as a part of a grassroots effort by Foothills homeowners to ensure transparency and accountability, and to better align the HOA with the interests of the homeowners. Two of the most important reforms are: 1) term limits for board directors and 2) board candidate disclosures. Term limits are needed to ensure that new ideas and perspectives are periodically introduced into the board and its management of the HOA. We currently have multiple board directors who have served for more than a dozen years in leadership roles.

The district is following CDC guidelines to keep our students and staff safe. Is it ideal? NO. Is it an ideal situation for students? NO. However, the district is trying to do what is best to protect students, staff and our greater community. Their plan is a prevention plan. It is intended to provide our students and staff with the best possible protections against infection. Please show some patience, show

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some grace and be part of the solution. If you need to find another scenario that works better for you and your family, we all understand but the threats and intimidation are not going to improve things for your student, yourself or the school district. We can do this! Humans are resilient! Remember, our children are watching us. Do we want to show them how to adjust and adapt or how to fall apart?

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instead of after (The state already requires directors to disclose bankruptcies and judgments after they are elected). The remaining reforms cover three other areas: procurement policy, a requirement to remove outdated items from our Bylaws on an annual basis, and electronic voting. All of the reforms are common-sense improvements, and all are greatly needed. Please vote “approve” on these reforms. It only takes a few minutes for your voice, as a homeowner, to be heard. Together we can lead the HOA in a more positive direction. More information can be found at TheFoothillsInfo.com. -Rob Doherty

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and the mental well-being of our children. We all know some sacrifices will need to happen and no one expects the district to wave a magic wand and make COVID disappear. But with some professional leadership, effort, and cooperation between district, schools, and community, we can at least get our kids back into a safe learning environment.

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Ahwatukee woman teaches all dogs new tricks BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

ou might call Brenda Dreyer of Ahwatukee a dog whisperer. At the very least, her Foothills Canine Academy does more than just train dogs. “There are so many aspects to dog training,” the Club West resident explained. “Learning how your dog learns and communicates is crucial. I don’t just focus on basic commands. I teach people how to understand their dogs and how to communicate with their dogs.” It’s no wonder, then, that Dreyer doesn’t look at dogs as her students as much as their owners. Indeed, she stressed, that her school is “not a board and train.”

“The owners are 100 percent involved in training their dog. I think it is instrumental to the owner and dog to form that bond through training. I basically teach the owners to train their dogs. This is also bene�icial to the owner if they were to ever get another dog.” “I sincerely love helping people learn about their dogs,” she said. “It gets to me in my heart when I see a student who has been struggling with their pet �inally have that breakthrough.” There are four stages those breakthroughs can occur since Foothills Canine Academy offers four levels of training: a class for puppies 10 weeks to 6 months old; a beginner class, those older than that; an intermediate class for dogs with a strong foundation in basic com-

mands that focuses on impulse control and building on the three Ds of dog training: distractions, distance, duration. That means having the dog learn to ignore distractions; getting the dog to respond to commands at increasingly greater distances from the owner; and building the dog’s ability to keep a command for increasingly longer periods of time. Dreyer even has an advanced class for dogs that have excellent impulse control and have mastered the three Ds. It adds obedience skills such as dumb-

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Brenda Dreyer of Ahwatukee is flanked by two of her dogs, CJ, left, and Yaeger. (Special to AFN)

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hwatukee native Mallory Yee and her two partners last year founded a business that likely will take on a greater meaning as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on. Yee, a Kyrene schools and Desert Vista High alumna – together with partners Lori Long of Scottsdale and Katie Severson of North Phoenix – started The Childhood Collective to provide online support services specializing in ADHD, autism, learning differences and anxiety. They are preparing for a fall launch of their �irst online course for parents of elementary-aged children with ADHD. “We hope to reach families that otherwise may not have access to one-on-one therapy or those parents looking to get started right away, as therapy waitlists are sometimes long,” Yee said. For now, she added, “we are committed

The Childhood Collective was started by, from left, Mallory Yee, Katie Severson and Lori Long. (Jen Driesbach/ Special to AFN)

to providing parents with the most up-to-

date and research-backed information.”

The Childhood Collective offers free daily parenting tips, tricks and advice via social media and weekly blogging not just on ADHD but on subjects such as distance learning, anxiety and healthy sleep habits. Their weekly blogs also provide indepth information for parents desiring more information on a particular subject. “While all parents may �ind some bene�it in our content, our information targets mostly families raising exceptional kids, that is kids with ADHD, autism, learning differences, language disorders, etc.,” Yee said. The Children’s Collective also provides families with comprehensive evaluations and diagnoses, then makes treatment recommendations. The three women worked together at Gentry Pediatric Behavioral Services in Central Phoenix.

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Here are 2 ways people have large Roth IRA accounts BY DR. HAROLD WONG AFN Guest Writer

ince 2009, I have typically given at least 40 talks per year and thousands have attended my �inancial seminars. Many have seen me for a consultation on their taxes, investments, and retirement planning and I’ve noticed that no more than 2 percent have more than $30,000 in a Roth IRA account. The main reason is that Americans love getting the immediate tax deduction when they contribute to a traditional IRA or 401(k) account. The earnings are taxdeferred, but then all withdrawals (with the bulk taken during retirement) are taxed as ordinary income. This is only fair because traditional IRA or 401(k) contributions come from either wage earnings from a job or pro�its from one’s business. There are only two ways to have large amounts in a Roth IRA account. One designates most annual contributions as Roth instead of traditional. This means

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Yee and Long are licensed child psychologists and Severson is a speech language pathologist who remains as head of Gentry’s speech department. Yee is currently a stay-at-home-mom and Long has a private psychology practice in Scottsdale. They began talking about forming The Childhood Collective in February of last year. “Lori approached me in February 2019 with an idea to provide much needed psychological services to families online,” Yee recalled. “Lori and I both have an expertise in developmental evaluations for families with children seeking answers. Through our time working with families, though, we noticed there were a lot of barriers for families in actually seeking treatment. “When I was still in practice, some families would drive more than one-hour each way on a weekly basis to see me for therapy. They were desperate for help, but it just wasn’t a sustainable model. In addition to travel time, some families can’t access treatment because of the cost or time investment.” Research has shown that treatment can be delivered to families online, with

that one does not get an immediate tax deduction in the year of contribution. However, if one waits until age 59.5 and has had any Roth IRA account for at least �ive years, one can withdraw funds in the future and there are no taxes on one’s earnings. The second way is to convert existing traditional retirement accounts (typically IRA or 401(k), but also eligible are the 403(b) plans for non-pro�it employees and the 457 thrift savings plan for government employees) to a Roth IRA. Example: one has $250,000 in a traditional 401(k) account and does a complete Roth IRA conversion in 2020. This creates $250,000 of extra taxable income and most folks just can’t stomach paying the large tax bill. What kinds of folks actually have large Roth IRA accounts? Farmers: Consider their farm a multigenerational legacy and want their kids and grandkids to inherit the farm and continue working the land. Example: In 2010, I met Bill and Susan, married farmers from a small Iowa town, who attended

similar effectiveness to in-person therapy, particularly for families raising kids with ADHD, Yee said. “We saw an opportunity to help more families access these critical supports through an online platform,” she added. Hence, The Childhood Collective was born. Even before they launch their �irst fee-based online service for children with ADHD, the pandemic has impacted their focus. “The pandemic has not necessarily made us busier or less busy, but it has shifted somewhat the content we provide families,” Yee said. “Understandably, parents are now in need of tips for distance learning, helping their child learn from home, managing anxiety that comes with big life changes like this, and ensuring their child doesn’t fall behind academically and socially.” She said parents’ biggest concern centers around seeing their children succeed socially, emotionally, behaviorally and academically. “Parents are in need of evidence-based tips for helping their child grow at home and at school,” Yee said. “Parents also seek out information for working with their child’s school and teacher. Understanding

a seminar I gave in Mesa. They converted their entire $510,000 traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. I offered them the option of converting a third ($170,000) per year over three years to keep the tax rate down, but they did the entire $510,000 Roth IRA conversion in 2010 and paid $175,000 in extra income tax with other savings. The Roth IRA would generate over $2 million in future tax-free income for their four kids. Their hope is that this $2 million will allow the kids to stay in the small Iowa town and continue to work the farm. This also allowed them to stop paying $110,000 per year of annual premiums on two different $1 million death bene�it whole life insurance policies which was their original strategy to leave the kids $2 million. Mary loved having an extra $110,000 of annual income she could spend. Those who want to leave a legacy to kids, grandkids and charity: In 2015, a single client did a $400,000 Roth IRA conversion and it cost him $150,000 of income tax, which he paid with savings in

and navigating the school special education process can be confusing. Lori and I, as psychologists, have a good amount of experience helping families navigate this system to help them get their child’s needs met both at home and at school.” Since The Childhood Collective is geared toward families with exceptional kids with learning and attention differences, the parents who contact them “have lots of developmental concerns,” Yee said, explaining: “They ask for information such as, ‘Is this developmentally appropriate?’ or ‘What do I do if I have developmental concerns?’ I would say, most questions seem to be centered around helping their child learn at school, helping their child regulate emotions and helping their child manage worries. We really see the whole spectrum of questions. Those questions can involve issues like children who have dif�iculty falling asleep or even guiding a child to emotionally manage the death of a loved one. With a a focus mainly on parents with preschool or elementary aged children, Yee said younger children are impacted differently by the pandemic and resulting consequences.

order to have the full $400,000 inside the Roth IRA. He then invested in real estate deals where the expected rate of return would double his money every �ive years (about a 15 percent compounded annual return). In 20 years, the expected value of his Roth IRA would be $6,400,000. The entire $6,000,000 of earnings is tax-free. In 20 years, if the entire amount is shifted from growth-oriented real estate to cash-�low real estate including lending programs, he expects an average 10 percent cash �low. This $640,000 of annual income would be available to kids, grandkids, and various charities. What is lower, paying tax today on $400,000 of income OR on $6 million of earnings in the future? Free webinar. A webinar on solar business investments and tax savings: will be held monthly. Please RSVP by contacting Dr. Harold Wong at 480-706-0177 or harold_wong@hotmail.com. Dr. Harold Wong earned his Ph.D. in Economics at University of California/ Berkeley and has appeared on over 400 TV/radio programs. “They don’t completely understand the ins and outs of what is happening,” Yee said. “While a teenager is generally capable of understanding what’s happening and why, younger children can’t yet grasp all of these concepts. “We have been telling parents to expect big emotions. This is a time of big change for kids of all ages. Their normal routines have been upended. They miss their teachers, peers, and activities. It’s completely normal to have bigger emotional responses during uncertain and changing times like these.” Then, too, parents themselves often are stressed and tired. “They have gone from a steady work/ school routine to being thrust into the role of homeschool teacher on top of having to work from home – or in some cases still go to work,” Yee said. She said she sees parents “in need of validation that they are doing the best they can in a time of uncertainty.” “They may be worried about �inances, job loss, illness on top of �iguring out how to help their children learn from home and stay on top of academics,” Yee con-

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bell work (fetching) and other moves that are often part of dog show evaluations. “My goal is to provide you with the necessary knowledge and tools for training your canine companion,” she says on her website. “Whether it be for a well-mannered dog or a dog you want to compete, obedience training and learning how your dog thinks is crucial.” Dreyer, who moved to Ahwatukee from West Virginia a year ago, does all this in a 1,700-square-foot air-conditioned facility in an industrial park not far from Sky Harbor International Airport. She had wanted to set up her school closer to home. “It de�initely was a challenge to �ind a place that would accommodate a dog training facility,” she recalled. “As soon as I said ‘dog,’ many property owners wouldn’t even consider it.: She ultimately couldn’t �ind an affordable place in Ahwatukee and is grateful she found one that’s only a 20-minute drive from her home. She accepts any breed, though she cautions that some breeds, such as terriers, can be are among the more challenging students. “Terriers are genetically built to be independent thinkers,” she explained. “They tend to get bored very easily if a trainer keeps drilling the same command over and over again.” Not allowed are aggressive dogs, she said, adding they “need more than obedience training.” Dreyer talks about dogs as if she has been around them all her life, but she got her �irst one as an adult – an Australian Shepherd named Ozzy – only in 2002. “I brought him to obedience classes be-

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tinued. “This is particularly important for our audience, as many of our parents have children that already struggle at school.” The three partners recently took an informal poll of their audience and found a 50-50 split between parents saying their child with learning or attention differ-

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family by a 4-year-old Red Merle Australian Shepherd and a 14-year-old Cockapoo. But CJ is special, Dreyer said – and became her doorway into what she calls “Dog World.” “Being introduced into the Dog World was one of the best things that has ever happened to me and it is all because of CJ,” Dreyer explained. “CJ is an extremely intelligent dog… but he was also very challenging to train.” She kept working with CJ and eventually also hired a trainer who happened to be an American Kennel Club obedience competition exhibitor. “Honestly, I never knew of such a thing,” she said, explaining how he introduced her to agility training – putting a dog through an obstacle course within a Brenda Dreyer, left, stands with CJ and and an AKC judge after the dog speci�ied time limit. was dubbed highest scoring dog in two rally classes. Rally is an AKC obedi“CJ and I had tons and ence sport. (Special to AFN) tons of fun learning and cause we wanted a well-mannered dog practicing agility for two years all while that we could bring places and do things continuing my obedience training,” Dreyer said. “My exposure to Dog World was with, like camping, jeeping and hiking.” She had “boundary trained” Ozzy so that growing and CJ de�initely loved it, as did I. he learned to stay in the front yard and “There are so many of these fun sports to not cross the sidewalk – which amused keep you and your dog active and more imthe neighborhood kids who loved having portantly truly helps build and strengthen him chase them, only to stop when they your relationship with your K9 partner.” Over time, CJ and Dreyer got so good as crossed past the walk. Ozzy died and she and her husband got a team doing AKC sports with names like CJ, a now 8-year-old Red-Bi Australian “barn hunt,” “fast cat,” “�lyball” and many Shepherd. He’s since been joined in her more that they’ve competed six different

ences were doing better or worse with distance learning. And three-quarters of parents with children confronted by anxiety reported their kids were doing better during school closures. “In some cases, children have bene�itted from this change of pace and change to their learning modality,” Yee said.

In an online interview with VoyagePhoenix last December, the partners also explained The Childhood Collective’s approach to the whole range of issues that come their way. “Our varied strengths, areas of specialization, and past experiences really set us apart from others,” they said. “Our professional experience ranges from working

sports – and won a few ribbons. “I am so grateful to have been exposed to the Dog World as it literally has changed my life and certainly CJ’s life,” she said. “There is no greater gift than working as a team; seeing and feeling the moment when human and canine �inally make that special connection.” To help people and their dogs develop that special connection – as well as her own with her dogs – Dreyer on average trains dogs six days a week. “This isn’t something I dabble in as a hobby,” she said. She advises dog owners to start training when they are puppies. “Puppies, up to 16 weeks of age, go through an ‘imprinting phase,’” she said, describing it as a period when they develop “the foundation of their personality. Her students attend an hourlong class once a week and she runs the different classes for the different training levels multiple times to accommodate the pet owners’ schedule. She also offers private lessons both at the academy and at owners’ homes. The group classes cost $125 for a seven-week series while private lessons start at $60 for an hour and go up to $250 for �ive classes. Dreyer also said she is “continuously trying to learn.” “I truly believe performing in those AKC sports has been extremely helpful and bene�icial in learning about dogs,” she said. “There are 101 different ways to teach a behavior. One way might work for one dog but not another, so I am constantly looking to �ill my skill box.” The academy is located at 2323 East Magnolia St. in Phoenix. Information: 602-642-1202, Foothillsk9@gmail.com or foothillsk9academy.com.

in community mental health centers, pediatricians’ of�ices, private practices, and elementary, middle, and high schools. On top of that, we are all moms. We approach all we do with our heart �irst, and our expertise second.” Information: thechildhoodcollective. com or hello@thechildhoodcollective. com.

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Virus pops up at schools as AIA explores options BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

s football programs across the East Valley try to carefully navigate through summer workouts, some have fallen victim to COVID-19 infections among players. Tempe Union High School District spokesperson Megan Sterling con�irmed a player at Desert Vista had tested positive for the virus. According to Sterling, the player started to have symptoms the weekend of June 12. He was not present at any of the Thunder’s workouts leading up to his positive test result on June 18. Desert Vista kept players in groups of 10, including a coach that was designated to remain with that group. Sterling said the player’s group were told to self-isolate out of precaution. Sterling said as of Friday, June 26, no other players or coaches showed signs of infection. “Desert Vista has been following the guidelines released by the AIA and dis-

player also tested positive for the virus. According to a statement from the Scottsdale Uni�ied School District, the camp was shut down for deep cleaning but has since resumed workouts. Chaparral players also participated in small-group team workouts inTempe Union High School District spokesperson Megan Sterling confirmed a Desert side D1 Scottsdale, Vista football player tested positive for COVID-19, triggering nine other players and a a new training facoach to be in quarantine. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff) cility. According to trict,” Sterling said. “Once noti�ied of the Kristen Baker, one of the owners of D1, the test, players and the coach who came in player was asymptomatic when inside the contact with the player were immediately facility. About three days later, she said the told to self-quarantine for 14 days. Players player’s mother informed her of the posihave to have a note from a doctor clearing tive test. “We suspended all team workouts and them to return.” In Scottsdale, a Chaparral football closed so a professional cleaning company

could come in and sanitize the facility,” Baker said. “This is something we will do every week going forward to ensure the safety of all of our guests.” East Valley school districts have started releasing initial plans to allow kids back onto campus for the fall semester. Most of which, however, have left athletics up to the Arizona Interscholastic Association. The AIA announced it would send out surveys in July to principals to gauge how they plan to welcome athletics back on campus. From there, the association’s Crisis Management Committee will begin formulating a plan for a fall sports season. “We are going to look at in the next two or three weeks what is going on in the state,” Hines said. “The problem is we just don’t know where we will be at. When school starts going back, and we again don’t know what that will look like, then we can start making some decisions on what we do for the start of fall.”

mally be playing right now. “It was special to have them all there for me. They’re the ones who helped me get to this point.” Tu c ke r, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound shortstop, became the 14th Mountain Pointe alum to be drafted to the big leagues, Mountain Pointe 2020 graduate shortstop Carson Tucker signed his MLB contract with the joining the likes Cleveland Indians Friday a week after being taken 23rd overall in the draft. (Photo courtesy of Joe Mather, Carson Tucker) A varsity player since his freshman year, C.J. and Kevin Cron, Cole and others.

Tucker was on the radar of both major college and professional scouts early on in his prep career. His power at the plate and quick hands and feet from the shortstop position made him an intriguing prospect. He was offered by a slew of major power-5 colleges as a sophomore. As a junior, he committed to the University of Texas and signed last fall. However, he will now forego his college career and immediately enter Cleveland’s farm system. “Beforehand it was a dif�icult choice,” Tucker said. “But after the draft, I realized it’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and it was the best route for me.” While the MLB is scheduled to resume a modi�ied spring training schedule on July 1, followed by a 60-game season beginning at the end of July, it’s still unclear if

Pride’s Tucker inks contract with Indians

BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

ountain Pointe’s Carson Tucker of�icially put pen to paper Friday evening, as the 2020 �irst-round pick signed his contract with the Cleveland Indians. His signing came two weeks after he was picked 23rd overall by Cleveland, one spot ahead of his older brother, Cole, who was drafted out of Mountain Pointe in 2014 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. With Cole and their parents, Jackie and Erin, by his side, Tucker signed his contract while wearing an Indians jersey. “It’s a dream come true, I’ve always looked forward to this moment,” Tucker said. “I was there for my brother’s signing day and it was cool to have him here for mine, especially because he would nor-

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Surveys for football and fall soccer will have a deadline of July 10, as those sports begin of�icial practice sooner than others. The �irst of�icial AIA mandated practice for football is scheduled to take place on July 27. Responses for other fall sports are expected to be submitted by July 24. Hines said the committee would weigh all of its options in regard to the fall season, including a potential delay or shortening it. “I don’t believe cancelling games would be necessary but pushing everything back would be bene�icial no matter what,” Lauer said. “I don’t think any teams, with the limitations right now and not knowing when we can move into another phase, will be ready to go by August.” Lauer said if the season was canceled, there should be an option for seniors to be in pads sometime in the winter with college coaches in attendance. “Give us four weeks at the end of January and the �irst couple weeks of February to get our guys in pads and let them try to earn a scholarship through showcases at schools,” Lauer said. “No refs, just guys working out in pads in front of college

Mountain Pointe coach Eric Lauer said if the fall sports season was canceled, seniors should be given a period during the winter to showcase skills in front of college coaches while in pads. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff)

coaches. Even one day could be the difference for a player earning a scholarship.” Desert Vista coach Dan Hinds said safety is at the forefront of his goals for the summer. After that, it’s preparing as if the season will go on as planned. “Football players and football coaches all want to have a season,” Hinds said, “but �irst and foremost, I’m all about keeping kids safe. I’ve kind of come to a place where we are planning to have a season until they tell us otherwise.” Desert Ridge head football coach Jeremy

Hathcock said he was in favor of pushing the season back, no matter what that looks like. He suggested playing only eight games in the regular season and allowing for every team to make some sort of postseason tournament. “If we are going to push things back, get rid of a game or two,” Hathcock said. “I don’t think we can push the entire season back because then we get into basketball and wrestling then start forcing kids to decide which sport to compete in.” Like Arizona, Texas and Florida have also seen an uptick in infections. Some prep teams in both states began workouts in early June, similar to Arizona, but have seen infections among players or family members that triggered quarantines. As of Friday, June 26, Arizona had 66,458 cases of COVID-19 and 1,535 deaths. As numbers continue to rise, Chandler coach Rick Garretson said he would be open to any changes that would result in having a season in 2020. “I don’t think taking away weeks or going to an eight-game schedule would be a big deal,” Garretson said. “We need something. So, I would be �ine with erring on the side of caution in order to have a season.”

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the minor league will also have a delayed season this year. While it hasn’t yet been discussed, Tucker is prepared to leave Arizona on a moment’s notice to begin training. He feels he is ready for the challenge of being a professional athlete. “I’ve been through challenges before whether it be in baseball or life, so I know I can get through anything,” Tucker said. “Having my brother as a resource to know what things are like in the minors and in the big-league life, I’m con�ident I can handle it. “Everyone has their own adjustments when it comes to that level of baseball, but I feel like I can be ready to do good things for the organization.”

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Obituaries Gary Leonard Knox 3/18/39 - 6/13/2020 Gary Passed away on June 13th after a recent battle with Lung Cancer. Gary was survived by his wife Leann Knox and his daughter Dawn Mitchell and his step sons Jason and Dustin Person. As well as his Grand Children Julian and Everly Mitchell and Kayla Mitchell. And also Rion and Emily and Charlie Person. A celebration of life will be held from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on NOV 6TH 2020 at Chops Restaurant, 2625 W. Queen Creek Rd in Chandler AZ. Sign the Guestbook at: obituaries.Ahwatukee.com

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Concrete & Masonry

CONCRETE MASONRY Block Walls • Concrete • Pavers BBQ & Fireplaces • Stucco Cool Deck • Imitation Flagstone Call Garcia Cell Cell 602-515-6627 Free Estimates Small Jobs Welcome!

Not a licensed contractor

DESERT ROCK

Drywall

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Not a licensed contractor

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Garage/Doors

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Garage/Doors

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Bonded/Insured

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Flooring

Residential Electrician

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250 OFF

(Min. $1,000 job. Valid 5/1–8/1/20.)

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• Panel Changes and Repairs • Installation of Ceiling Fans • Switches/Outlets • Home Remodel

BEFORE AFTER

• Long track record of satisfied customers, — check out our 5-star Google and Yelp reviews

Over 28 Years Experience • ROC #246019 Bonded/Insured

• Friendly, professional and reliable installers with attention to detail

C. READ & SON ELECTRIC

• Tile selection and creative design assistance

Ahwatukee Resident

2008 through 2019

ROC #158440 Bond/Insured

www.readelectricaz.com

480-940-6400

• We avoid being within 6 feet of another person. • Never in any other area of your home! • We will clean the area each day before leaving. • If any employee is sick, they will not come to work and be in your home.

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Home Improvement

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Landscape/Maintenance Juan Hernandez

Juan Hernandez

SPRINKLER

TREE

Drip/Install/Repair & Tune ups!

TRIMMING

Not a licensed contractor

25 Years exp (480) 720-3840

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480.335.4180 L Your Handyman Needs! Not a licensed contractor.

Landscape/Maintenance

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the Spot for ALL Your Handyman Needs! • Drywall • Carpentry Plumbing Painting • Flooring • Electrical • Plumbing inting • Flooring • ElectricalDecks • Tile • More! Drywall mbing • Drywall • Carpentry• Carpentry • Decks • Tile & More! Decks • Tile • More! “No Job Too

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2010, 2011 2012, 2013, 2014

“No Job Call Bruce at 602.670.7038 7038 Too Small Man!” Work Since 1999 ality nsed Contractor 8 BSMALLMAN@Q.COM ractor

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2012, 2013, 2012, 2013, 2014 2014

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David Hernandez (602) 802 3600

480-217-0407

NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

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ROC 304267 • Licenced & Bonded

Is your lawn ready for the holidays? Call for a clean up.

Landscape Design/Installation

High Quality Results TRIM TREES ALL TYPES GRAVEL - PAVERS SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Complete Clean Ups

Jose Martinez Not a licensed contractor.

602.515.2767

Serving the Valley for over 28 years

The Possibilities are Endless

Custom Design and Renovation turning old to new Custom Built-ins, BBQs, Firepits, Fireplaces, Water Features, Re-Designing Pools, Masonry, Lighting, Tile, Flagstone, Pavers, Culture Stone & Travertine, Synthetic Turf, Sprinkler/Drip, Irrigation Systems, Clean ups & Hauling

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HIRING?

Landscape/Maintenance

Painting

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PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Interior, Exterior House Painting. Stucco Patching. Gate/Front Door Refinishing. Quality work/Materials Free Estimate Ignacio 480-961-5093 602-571-9015 ROC #189850 Bond/Ins'd

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Licensed • Bonded • Insured Technician

Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems

Jose Dominguez Painting & Drywall SEE OUR AD IN DRYWALL! Quick Response to your Call! 15 Years Exp 480-266-4589

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Arizona Specialty Landscape

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Free Estimates 7 Days a Week! ROC# 186443 • BONDED

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SUN TECH

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Not a licensed contractor

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Painting

Irrigation Repair Services Inc.

Painting

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ROC#309706

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Plumbing

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ACP is 100% Veteran Owned

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(480) 279-4155 Licensed • Bonded • Insured • ROC 189848

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Plumbing

Pool Service / Repair

Juan Hernandez Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

AHWATUKEE SPECIAL $

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480-720-3840 Not a licensed contractor.

1st Month of Service FREE

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We maintain, repair and service all types of pools, equipment, filters, cleaning systems, fresh water and salt water systems

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CLR Pool Service LLC Excellent Service... First time, Every time!

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Roofing Watch for Garage Sales in Classifieds!

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Roofing

TILE ROOFING SPECIALISTS

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Plumbing

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Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC # 269218

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Roofing

PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC

Roofing

Over 30 Years of Experience Family Operated by 3 Generations of Roofers!

Spencer 4 HIRE ROOFING

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Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC 223367

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13 yrs exp. 480-329-2239 arpjeff103@gmail.com

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

ROC #152111

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Tree Services

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Window Cleaning

John’s Window Cleaning The Owners Clean Your Windows!

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PLANTS

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** NO INTEREST IF PAID IN FULL IN 12 MONTHS. $799.00 Minimum Purchase Required Minimum Payments Required 30.79% APR If the promotional balance is not paid in full by the end for the promotional period or, to the extent permitted by law, if you make a late payment, interest will be imposed from the date of purchase at the APR noted above. This APR is as of 7/4/2019 and will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate. Your card agreement, the terms of the offer and applicable law govern this transaction including increasing APRs and fees and terminating the promotional period.

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