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NEWS ................. 8 Clothing brand to host Earth Day cleanup
FEATURES ........ 16 Mick Foley keeps audiences entertained
YOUTH ............. 21 Devin Wiggins honored at board meeting
OPINION ................... 11 FEATURES ................ 14 YOUTH ...................... 21 CLASSIFIEDS ............ 21 Zone 2
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022
CCUSD board extends Monroe’s contract BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF
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CUSD’s governing board approved Dr. Cort Monroe’s employment contract through 2025 at its April 11 meeting. Monroe was hired with a 2.5-year contract beginning Jan. 1, 2021. This extension solidifies the board’s commitment to Monroe’s service to CCUSD. “I am excited to continue the great work we have started with teachers, staff, leaders, parents and community members to achieve our mission of providing an innovative, high quality learning experience for all CCUSD students across our schools,” Monroe said.
“Side by side with the governing board, we can work together as one team to develop curious, resilient, critical-thinking problem solving students who make a difference and inspire excellence in the world. I am proud to be the superintendent of the Cave Creek School District, voted ‘Best of the North Valley’ for the third year in a row.” North Valley Magazine is the sister publication to The Foothills Focus. Under Monroe’s leadership, the district remains focused on CCUSD’s mission, vision and the strategic plan priorities—student success; employee excellence; safe environment/culture; ef-
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Cave Creek Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Cort Monroe will be with the organization until 2025. (Cave Creek Unified School District/Submitted)
Suspect involved in of�icer shooting apprehended
BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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fter an extensive, 80-hour search, Phoenix police located and apprehended Nicholas Cowan, the suspect of an April 14 shootout near Cave Creek and Beardsley roads that critically injured a female officer. “For the past three and a half days, the city of Phoenix and surrounding communities have been on edge knowing that a violent criminal was on the
loose. Someone who, without hesitation, attempted to kill a police officer,” said Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams April 17 after Cowan was arrested. “I’m here to tell you that the community can rest easy and breathe a sigh of relief because Nicholas Cody Cowan has been taken into custody for the attempted murder of a Phoenix police officer and a whole other list of crimes.” The incident started when officers responded to a domestic violence call from a woman who asked to meet at a conve-
nience store because she was afraid to talk at her house around 10:30 a.m. April 14. While talking to the officers, a suspect — later identified as Cowan, whom the woman was speaking about — drove into the parking lot and fired multiple rounds at a busy gas station and struck one of the officers. One officer returned fire, but the suspect drove away. The 40-year-old female officer is a 24year veteran of the Phoenix Police De-
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