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Gradual SUSD classroom reopening to begin Sept. 21 BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
NEWS.................................. 2 Make-A-Wish Foundation honored here.
NEIGHBORS...............21 Scottsdale artist helps ease pandemic anxiety.
ARTS................................ 28 'Birdie' art wins international award.
NEIGHBORS........................................... 21 OPINION................................................. 24 BUSINESS................................................25 ARTS......................................................... 28 FOOD......................................................... 31 CLASSIFIEDS........................................ 35
Sunday, September 13, 2020
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tudents will begin returning to classrooms this month following a decision by the Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board to approve a phased full reopening for all grade levels. The plan, approved unanimously on Sept.
9, gives the green light for students’ return to campuses for the first time since schools were shut down in March at the onset of the pandemic. The decision follows similar moves by Valley districts like Mesa, Chandler and nearby Cave Creek, which also voted to reopen schools over the next few weeks. SUSD students in kindergarten through
2nd grade will return to classrooms on Sept. 21, followed by 3rd through 5th grades on Sept. 29. Following the district’s fall break, middle and high school students will return to classrooms on Oct. 12. District administration had already
see SUSD page 10
Candidate’s stand here rings hollow up north
BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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n campaign advertisements and media interviews, Scottsdale mayoral candidate Lisa Borowsky has vowed to support public participation in the development process and uphold the city’s stringent design guidelines. “It’s really the cornerstone of my campaign and what prompted me to get in the race,” Borowsky said. That statement comes against the backdrop of a fraught few years in which Scottsdale residents have mobilized twice to kill controversial development projects – the Desert Discovery Center in 2018 and Southbridge Two in 2020 – and vocally opposed others that ultimately received City
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