West Valley View Business - January 18, 2017

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Volume 28 Issue 15 Avondale, AZ

January 18, 2017

Agua Fria District breaks ground on 5th high school Campus will be 1st new public W.V. high school in a decade byEmilyToepfer

IN THE BIZ

Nestled on county land at the base of the White Tank Mountains is the site of the West Valley’s next high school, an innovative campus with an opening date of August 2018. The Agua Fria Union High School District held a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 12 for its fifth campus, a 237,000-squarefoot facility that will eventually house 1,600 students at Bethany Home and Perryville roads. A name and mascot for the school are still being determined with input from the community, but the principal position has been posted and 26 people had applied as of last week, said Tom Huffman, the district’s executive director of operations and safety. The job is expected to be filled by July 1, Huffman said. “There’s a lot of academic programs and furniture and other things that need to be confirmed, and that principal is really the right person to be doing that job,” he said. Officials expect the school to open with only a freshman class unless the district is overwhelmed with enrollment in the next year, Huffman said. Rising enrollment has been a key factor

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DENNIS RUNYAN, Agua Fria Union High School District superintendent, speaks Jan. 12 at the groundbreaking ceremony for the district’s fifth school, to be built on the northwest corner of Bethany Home and Perryville roads in the West Valley. in the district’s push for a fifth campus. “Our schools are full,” Huffman said. “Agua Fria has been a district of choice for several years. We have about 8,000 students in our schools right now, and our capacity is about 500 less than that. So we really needed to address additional space within our schools.” (USPS 004-616) is published weekly by West Valley View Inc. Mailing Address: 1050 E. Riley Dr.,

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The campus will cost about $73 million total to build, which includes land, permits, furniture, equipment and fixtures, said Dennis Runyan, Agua Fria superintendent. “The land purchase [at just more than

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