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An edition of the East Valley Tribune
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Sunday, July 11, 2021
Renowned museum falls short of projections BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
BUSINESS....................22 Is the sellers' market losing some shine?
OPINION...................... 24 SUSD board president reviews the school year.
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n its first five years of existence, Scottsdale’s Museum of the West has been recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, received accolades in local and national media and attracted the $300-million Museum Square redevelopment slated to be built next door in the next several years. But, at the same time, the museum has failed to live up to the lofty attendance expectations set by management and city officials nearly a decade ago. Entering its sixth year in 2021, the museum – sold by supporters as a boon for tourism and the downtown economy – has not come close
see MUSEUM page 12
Former Scottsdale City Councilman Jim Bruner has served as chairman of the board for the nonprofit that operates Scottsdale’s Museum of the West since 2007. (Photo by Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
Legislature nukes school mask mandates FOOD...............................25 The Cat's Pajamas serves a meow-thful.
NEIGHBORS..........................................20 BUSINESS................................................22 OPINION................................................. 24 FOOD.........................................................25 CLASSIFIEDS.........................................27
BY PAUL MARYNIAK AND WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress News Staff
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he Republican-dominated Legislature banned mask mandates on all school campuses, effectively ending the long-running debate over whether Scottsdale Unified should re-
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quire masks next year. The measure “prohibits a county, city, town, school district governing board or charter school governing body from requiring students or staff use face coverings during school hours and on school property.” That means districts not only are forbidden from requiring students and
staff to wear masks in classrooms but also cannot require them for visitors to schools or citizens attending governing board meetings. Nothing prevents parents from making their own child wear a mask in school. The ban deprives districts of a tool many relied on to help reduce COV-
see MASK page 10
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