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BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
Gilbert High vaping crackdown goes high tech: page 4.
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Chandler Gilbert Community College starts drones class.
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Transfers beefing up Higley High football team.
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ake Zimmerman initially thought he had a cold. The 21-year-old Gilbert man said he felt “super cold,” was shivering, sweating and had a low-grade fever. He decided to ride it out by resting and drinking fluids but after five days his temperature shot up, prompting him to go to urgent care.
A pulse oximeter read his blood-oxygen level at 80 percent. A normal reading ranges from 95 to 100 percent, meaning Zimmerman’s body was starved of oxygen. “They said I had bad pneumonia in both lungs,” said Zimmerman of the initial diagnosis in a hospital emergency room. “It was very hard for me to breathe. I was put on lots of oxygen. I’m talking about 50 liters.” The pneumonia turned out to be a more severe form of respiratory illness for Zimmerman, who
see VAPING page 4
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Gilbert drummer ready for concert.
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Jake Zimmerman of Gilbert was recently released from the hospital after eight days of treatment for a lung ailment doctors think may be tied to his vaping habit (Kimberly Car-
rillo/GSN Staff Photographer)
Daniels, other mayors call Leaked game plans have for education overhaul local schools scrambling
BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GSN Staff Writer
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Sunday, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
Gilbert man’s illness may link to vaping
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Gilbert High thespians go Shakespeare PAGE 13
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t a Scottsdale roundtable ostensibly focused on the future of STEM industries in the Phoenix Metro area, several Valley mayors pivoted the discussion to education – with one advocating for the total dismantling of the current system. Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels argued for the dismantling of the current education system and rebuilding it to reflect the needs of an evolving workforce. “I think we need to completely dismantle our education system, not just in Arizona, but across this country,” Daniels said. Daniels found allies in Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane and Litchfield Park Mayor Tom Schoaf, who both called for limiting or outright removing the federal government from public education.
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BY ZACH ALVIRA GSN Sports Editor
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he revelations that an Ahwatukee football coach leaked game strategies to opposing teams for three years sent Gilbert and other East Valley school districts scrambling to assess what their coaches knew about and did with the information. Some schools came forward and said coaches received but ignored emails from an anonymous account traced to Mountain Pointe coach Justin Hager. Hager was hired as the varsity girls basketball coach at Mountain Pointe in 2016. He was also an assistant coach on the varsity football team. Tempe Union High School District revealed on Sept. 16 that Hager had sent “hundreds” of emails containing play calls,
see COACH page 6
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