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Parents irate as GPS OKs new boundaries BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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ome students will be assigned to different campuses in Gilbert ublic chools istrict this fall after the governing board last week unanimously approved new boundaries to alleviate overcrowding at some sites and compensate for declining enrollment at others. arents from al ista Lakes packed the board room last Wednesday to protest moving their children from ighland igh chool to Gilbert igh, many holding signs that read, “ eep L at Highland!!! There are alternatives ” “ ’m a resident of al ista Lakes,” said Chris olinger. “ bought my (Kimberly Carrillo/GSN Staff Photographer) house because of the high school. Val Vista Lakes parents Andrea Winters, left, and Danaleigh Sheehan hold signs during last week's al ista Lakes and ighland have GPS governing board meeting protesting boundary changes for Highland High School.
developed ties in the last years. This proposal is going to sever that tie and force this community to start over.” al ista parents urged the board to table the proposal, claiming the district’s ovember release of the plan didn’t give the public enough time to digest what many said were confusing and unclear changes. They also said the plan will destroy the legacy and history the community has built with ighland. Although some neighborhoods are shifted to a new school boundary, parents can still send their children to the old school under the state’s open enrollment policy. That allows students to attend any public school outside of their as-
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Forget 'Gilbert.' You now live in Kindness USA
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nce known as the “Hay Capital of the World,” Gilbert now has an official moniker – Kindness USA. Town Council last week passed a resolution adopting the nickname and setting April 8 as Gilbert indness Week. “In general I feel like Gilbert has always been a community of kindness even in how people drive,” said esse locken, who approached the town with the idea. “It’s been evident in the different tone and pace.”
n adopting its new nickname, the resolution states the town recognizes the value of simple acts of kindness performed without prompting or reason and how these acts can positively impact the performers, the recipients and onlookers of the good deeds. locken also has secured approval from the . . ostal ervice for residents to use indness instead of Gilbert for their home mailing address. or example, mail can be sent to the Town of Gilbert at . Civic Center rive, indness, AZ 8 6. This is expected to become available in April, he said.
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locken also literally wants to put Gilbert on the map as a community that stands for kindness. He is working with Google to add “Kindness A” to Gilbert on Google maps. locken, the founder and C O of Clearly elevant, a marketing and media company in Gilbert, is providing the service for free to the town. e also is a Gilbert firefighter, going on 1 years. locken, who moved to Gilbert in 8, said he and his team got the idea while working with the town on its kindness campaign. The town began the campaign in 17 to
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