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Hello and welcome to the Education Exchange.
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I'm your host, Superintendent Jeremy Caius here at the Tolson Union High School District.
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And today we're going to talk about some planned Westview facility upgrades.
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And here to tee off this conversation, we have a couple of our members from our student government team, along with the principal of the school.
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So I'll allow them to introduce themselves.
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My name's Maida.
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I'm junior class treasury.
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My name's Anna Lisa.
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I'm a student body vice president.
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And I'm Natalie Kinones, the proud principal of Westview High School.
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All right.
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So we're we're planning a lot of upgrades here for Westview.
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It is our second oldest campus, so only behind Tullison campus, the original school, but Westview came right along uh almost 40 years ago.
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This campus is almost 40 years old now.
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It's about to hit 40.
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Uh so we have we have a lot of different things that are planned.
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Uh we've started some work here already.
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So we had the uh football field, was upgraded to turf.
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So that was a nice addition.
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Um, but there's still a lot more work to do here.
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Uh it's it's it's gonna be the primary focus for the district for a while.
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Now that we've addressed a lot of the concerns at Tolleson, like we're we're moving towards a lot of the concerns that we have at the Westview campus.
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So get all of your thoughts and opinions on each of those.
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Uh, I want to start first with the projects that were already in the final stages of design and unfortunately got put on pause last year when uh when the bond didn't pass.
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Uh, and and let's address those projects and the needs for those projects and get your thoughts around that.
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Uh so the first ones we'll talk about is um the new ROTC building.
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So uh our ROTC program unfortunately doesn't have the uh proper distance inside their current building to qualify for marksmanship.
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And they've pointed out other concerns in the past.
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In fact, we've talked about it in Stugo before uh in in recent years about some of the needs of ROTC.
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What are what are some of your thoughts around creating a new ROTC building here on the campus?
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I was in ROTC for two years, actually.
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And so we when we did do marksmanship, we did it inside of a different, we had like two classrooms and they're joined together.
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We did it in one classroom, and you gotta say, you know, it is a little get a little bit squish.
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And then I've also heard from Mr.
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Cardoza that you guys are that a part of like the writing that um a markmanship room is supposed to be provided.
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So I think it is really smart of us to actually continue doing that.
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And then they they do a wonderful job for our campus.
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They bring a lot of pride to Westview.
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So in order to make sure that we continue to grow that program, we need to make sure that we bring them the building that they need and the facilities that they need.
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And I gotta say, it's great, it's great talking about the ROTC program on a day when you guys are celebrating a camo day and you're all in camouflage.
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Like it's like perfect to start start the conversation there.
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Um a couple of the other uh new additions are um a new field house out by uh by your football field that would have you know concessions and and new restrooms in it.
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Uh what are some of your thoughts around you know seeing that new addition?
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Like what have you what have you noticed being out around football or anything else?
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The restrooms are the restrooms that we use at the football field are the ones connected to the current RTC building.
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And those they get either really hot or they get really packed easily.
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And there's like usually huge line just to wait to go use the bathroom.
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And then it's also just like again, for student government, our biggest thing is school spirit.
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So we want to see our school constantly getting better and seeing how else that we as students as well, but how the school can get better as well.
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So even seeing not only the restrooms, but also what we do for concession stands as well, it's it's a huge upgrade, which is I'm really excited for it.
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Always a representation of the school, and it would be nice for the field house to represent us as well.
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So you have the other side, the uh visitor side, where of course they use the have to use the porta potties because we don't have bathrooms on that side.
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And it's separate.
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This is an older school, so we're limited on the space.
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So it would be nice to give both field houses.
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Oh, absolutely.
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And definitely not aesthetically pleasing to see porta potties out at your football game.
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So you would we would love to get away from that.
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Uh, let's talk about some of your other projects.
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Uh so one of them is is uh the demoing of the portable buildings to make way for a new gymnasium.
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Uh, we'll focus first on the on the demoing of the portable buildings.
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Uh, several years ago, those were actually scheduled to be demo.
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It was literally the day before the demolition began that our our principal of DLA asked, could they use those portables as opposed to uh you know being over at the Tolson campus?
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And and we granted that request.
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We stopped the demolition.
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Um, but now we're we're looking at getting back to demoing uh those portables, especially since DLA is about to have a new home uh over by the district office in the new building over uh just off the 101.
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So, what are your thoughts around the portables?
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So that it's a 40-year-old campus, which means uh the portables that were built to last for 10 years have we've gotten more than 10 years out of them.
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Uh, have you guys been in those portable buildings before?
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Have you ever, you know, stepped inside them and seen what it's like in there?
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I have not.
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All my four years.
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I don't think I've ever really been inside portable.
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They just pass by them, you know.
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So actually, when I taught here, I taught in the portables.
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Really?
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Um, and so yes, they've been around for quite some time.
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Um, but with the bringing in the new gym, we definitely need it.
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We have so many teams and so many different things that are um sharing facilities and having limited facilities that we need to make sure that we get that gym so that we can actually have basketball, volleyball, everything that we need because we so often have to share and you have to come in late, you get to come in early.
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So it'll be nice to have that extra facility.
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Absolutely.
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And you get to you get to being able to offer some more sports.
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Um, one of the things that never really took off here uh was sand volleyball that um seems to be more popular with the cats than than the students.
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Uh it never really picked up, but we do hear a lot of student interest around boys' volleyball.
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And um, you know, you you two both being on Stugo, I imagine that the students come to you all the time with some of the things they want you to advocate for.
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Uh, but we hear a lot of interest around boys' volleyball and being able to provide boys' volleyball.
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And then we'd offset that with some bad mitten as well.
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And, you know, what are you what are you hearing from students about us being able to offer more sports?
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Because if we were to build a new gym, that is what would allow for the offering of more sports.
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And it would also be the thing that allows Westview to have a full-size competition gym where you could fit plenty of fans in the stands like the other campuses, as opposed to right now being a little bit more limited with a smaller gym.
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Um, I've heard from multiple students that they want to start new sports and that like the sports that we have right now at the school aren't of their interest and that they can't start the new sports because they don't have a place to go and practice, or um, they're like asking to advocate for new spaces for practicing.
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I see the vision with the sand volleyball, but just we live in Arizona.
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It is it's a hot place, guys.
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Just gonna we should kick the litter box to the curve and get ready for because also having a boys' volleyball team, I think it would also be really, really good and encouraging as well.
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There are some people that maybe are not as athletic for basketball or something, but they're also tall.
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Let them go ahead and do volleyball.
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You know what I mean?
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I think like getting rid of the sand volleyball and adding whatever is possible, it'll provide new availabilities for sports and other like new sports or even remaining sports that can, you know, strive and be better.
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Always bringing in the new sports is great, new opportunities for students.
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And it gives us an opportunity to be do with StuGo one assembly instead of two or three.
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Right.
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So oh, absolutely.
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That's that's another great point that if you have a full-size competition gym, you're we can actually all be together.
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Uh a couple of the other items on here focus a little bit more on safety, campus safety, student safety.
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Um, and those are, you know, perimeter fencing uh along with uh laser leveling of field so that way athletes when they're running around to catch a fly ball, they're not stepping into a little gopher hole or something and uh twisting an ankle or a knee.
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Um the district has been making uh an extra emphasis on safety.
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I mean, you've probably noticed, you know, this year with the weapons detectors and some of the other investments that we've been making to increase safety, the perimeter fencing um helps also address that because if you have, you know, a single point of entry that you're trying to use for weapons detectors, but you have a fence that's easy to hop over, then it kind of defeats the purpose a little bit.
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Uh, what are some of your thoughts around the district's focus and emphasis on on safety for the campus?
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Um for the fields, um, I know that right now the only good fields are the varsity fields and that JV and whoever has to use the other fields to practice or to go do whatever club or activity that they're doing, they have to be careful wherever they're running or wherever they're walking because there's always different holes or like lumps or stuff that you trip over.
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And it's just like it's it's like you have to be cautious over there.
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I think you made a great point about because our student metal detector system, I won't lie, when we first got introduced to it, I was not confident in that.
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I was like just you know, I was like, you guys can we can hide stuff in other places, you know?
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But I think it was a really good change that we made, but as well, hearing that the minute, like, okay, we have this for it, but then as well, let's go use the gate that is more than available and doesn't have a medical detector provided.
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I think creating a better safety system is perfect for our schools because especially because it's an old school, it's good to have renovations and continue to be renewed.
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Yeah, we definitely need our guardian gates um as another line of defense and to help with our safety.
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I mean, we're doing a lot of good work with the metal detectors.
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It's been fun to be out there with the kids and see them in the morning and and say good morning and, you know, but um the safety is number one priority for us.
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And so we just want to make sure that we get that second line of defense, or maybe even you want to call it our first line of defense, which is the gates.
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So, as we're talking about the exterior of the campus, one of the other things that we've been looking at is weatherization of the campus.
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And just to give you guys a little bit of background on weatherization, essentially what it is is we'll put this tube of water up next to the walls and we're seeing how fast the water penetrates the building.
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And whenever it fails that test, then the state helps provide some funding for then addressing the seal of the buildings.
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Um, we supplement that funding, and then that allows us to repaint the whole school.
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Um, so if you're familiar with Copper Canyon, when it went from purple to now it's all uh uh weathered saddle and mesa tan.
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I know I got to be there to pick out the colors.
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That's why I remember the color names.
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But uh that that was that was because it failed the weatherization test and we're able to go ahead and go back and do it.
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Um, this is an older campus, so we're expecting that we're gonna be in that in that stage soon where we're going back and readdressing um the outside, but it's also a time to to freshen up the campus and throw some school spirit and and redo how the whole exterior of the campus looks.
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What are what are some of your thoughts about a fresh coat of paint all over the exterior of our buildings?
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I think that, and you were here like two, three weeks ago when we did the student luncheon.
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And when you were there and you we told you about your possible our problems and stuff.
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I'm all for repainting this building, guys.
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We we have a nice brick color, but I'm ready for just some new new change and new new exciting new possibilities to have to just re-rent reinovate our school.
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It's exciting.
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I I I'm I I'm all for that.
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Put some school colors into it.
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Yeah, of course.
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We always like that, you know, little new gray, a little blue.
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Right.
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Maybe that's a little over the top, but you know.
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I'm all for the blue, okay.
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But we definitely, I mean, it would be nice to bring it back to life, right?
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You said 1989.
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We've been here for a while.
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It's time to bring it back to life along with the stairs.
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Uh, make sure that they're all beautified, aesthetically pleasing.
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Yes.
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I would love to see the school painted.
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I feel like it'd bring a lot more energy and like bring the school back to life to how it used to be.
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Yes.
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Definitely make it look new again.
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Yes.
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I mean, just because it's hitting 40 doesn't mean it can't look fabulous.
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40.
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40s, new 20s.
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There you go.
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I like that.
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I like it too.
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Um, one of the other projects that we that we have listed on here is upgrading the performing arts center.
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Um what are your what are your guys' thoughts around the performing arts center?
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Have you have you been in there?
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What do you what do you and you've have you also been to some of the performing arts center at some of our other campuses, especially our newer campuses?
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What are what are some of your thoughts about extra life we could bring into the performing arts center?
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I have been in the performing arts center.
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I actually take a theater class and we're there a lot.
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The pack, it's like it's it's a really nice pack, but there's just like I don't know how I don't know how to describe it.
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It's just with the house, like where the audience sits, like those chairs are really worn out.
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Like if you go look at the back of them, they're all drawn on, they're all beat up.
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And then it's just like just they're all just like um damaged, like people are just like sitting and like kicking them or like doing whatever they want with them.
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As a bystander, I've never really been on the stage because you know, theaters aren't really my thing.
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I'm good off that.
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But like just to sit there and be in the seats, like I said, I've never really noticed the chairs and stuff.
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But if we did upgrade the PAC, just like how you said, I think it'll be a real crowd pleaser.
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And then if we're not only rebuilding the PAC, but also I know there was a lot of technical and audio issues.
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I went to the play last year, I watched it.
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That that could be fixed or something.
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Just having more changes, it'll be better for not only our school, but also for what dance is gonna have to do in the PAC, for what band is gonna have to do in the PAC and theater and all these other up-and-coming clubs and sports, like it could be better for them as well.
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We have a lot of students involved in PVA.
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And as a former PVA teacher, I think it's important that we renovate it.
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You know, I think uh so often we do not just the performances in there, but we do award ceremonies.
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People come in and for do different things.
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We have people that use it for just so such a variety, but it needs to be updated.
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I mean, we've been up there when I'm talking, and all of a sudden you hear nothing or you get so loud.
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Um, so that some of the up upgrades would be nice, just bringing it again, 1989 back to life.
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Let's bring Westview back to life.
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Absolutely.
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And I'll tell you, I've I've been uh all over your guys' PAC.
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Uh uh, you know, your your principal wanted me to go up there and walk on the catwalk that's like all the way up above the stage.
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So I had to go ahead and go do it.
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So I was like, yeah, absolutely.
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I'll go walk up there, walk around out on the catwalk.
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Um, and then also you guys are like the only school I believe that we have an orchestra pit.
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We are, yes.
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And uh it it looks more like storage, but I mean it was an orchestra pit, it was like kind of the concept around there.
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So there's a there's a lot we could do with a with a big upgrade to um be able to look at ways that we could even add more seating and definitely some new seating because after 40 years, uh seats have a hard time holding up uh, you know, and hitting 40 and looking good.
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So definitely some good renovations.
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And we did get to use that orchestra pit last year for the first time in a long time, and it was wonderful.
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What a difference it made for our play.
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I mean, it was great.
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Nice.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I I I should have came out to see it.
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So a couple of our other projects include uh repairing some steps here around the buildings, along with replacing some elevators.
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What uh what do you guys notice around the elevators and the steps?
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Those steps are really something.
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They um if you go, if you go up the stairs, like you'll see like the stairs, they're like falling down or like they're like dancing in at some point.
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And like some of them are chips, and like I've seen quite a few people fall down them.
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Oh, definitely a safety hazard we need to get addressed.
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Definitely, and then as well for the elevators, I think I remember it was um future freshman night or of some sort.
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And um um, what's it called?
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A parent was going down the elevator and it got stuck halfway.
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And Mr.
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West Westview over here, King Westview.
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He's like freaking out, like super, super worried.
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And it's just getting the elevator face will actually be beneficial as well for people that do have disabilities of such.
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It'll be super helpful.
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We are the second oldest elevator in Arizona that has actually been found out, yes.
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So um, we need new elevators.
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Uh often we have to keep the what is it, 400 is always closed.
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Yeah, um, and they have to go across the bridge.
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So it's definitely something that we need.
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And the the stairs, they look rusted, but they're very steep.
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We could use some we could use some help, Mr.
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Kayas.
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Yes, absolutely.
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And I'm I'm hoping the community answers the call.
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Yes.
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We uh we definitely have these on the on the capital improvement list.
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Um, what are some other ideas, some things you haven't seen on the list that you're like we should also be considering, some things that you guys think also need to be addressed here at the campus?
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So I noticed that one that isn't on here, and we've actually talked about it going on three years now.
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That is the tennis court lights.
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Uh, it is not only beneficial for tennis, but it's as well, there's been staff in Admin that actually have recorded videos of band playing in the dark because they can't use the football field.
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It's being used by flag football and football where they need to actually use it.
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So that's where they play playing in the dark because they have no light out there in the tennis field.
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As well as soccer plays there for um club sports, what um flag football practices there sometimes.
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It's just it'll be really beneficial to have new lights as well, just in general.
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Like all in all, it's good to have lights there.
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It to go with that.
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I mean, we need lights.
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We right now we're I get to redo that one.
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You're welcome.
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Thank you.
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Um right now we are definitely we working with band with the competition tomorrow.
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We have to rent some lights, making sure that they have somewhere to practice practice.
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Because again, we have limited facilities, so we're always putting somebody somewhere else, whether dance and cheer, have to share the dance room, whether you know, football and um basketball and anybody else.
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I mean, I know they're all at different times, but yet they have practice at the same time.
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So um it's it's difficult to allow them at night, which and it's hot again.
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But to attest to that.
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On another note, um, would be one we did fabulous.
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If you've seen it out here right outside my office, we did turf and a wonderful canopy.
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And it's a lot of students like to eat there, and it's wonderful.
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And I can always see them playing games and having fun and singing and dancing.
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I mean, a lot of TikToks, it's a lot of fun.
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But it would be nice to see that on the rest of our campus.
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I know you have on here that we do want to make sure that we get that renovation in the middle of campus where we get more canopies, we get some greenery so it's not rocks, and we're not doesn't look old and outdated.
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So it'd be nice to have that renovation as well, that college feel, so to speak, right?
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You can eat wherever, have fun, right, chill.
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The beauty of the school is that there's so much to do.
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We have so many clubs and so many sports and activities.
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It's just there's so many possibilities, but so little room to do it.
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So that's where, again, reinnovating and making it bigger for all students around for any club and sport or activity, it'll provide more for them.
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Absolutely.
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I mean, space is always the tightest commodity.
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And so when we see spaces that are being wasted, either because it's just rock and everybody's trying to avoid it or just way too much concrete and not enough green area or not enough shade because it's just directly in the sun.
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Um, it's it's definitely refreshing when we do an investment and then we see how the students are now using that area.
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And we can see that yes, that is why we know it's a wise investment because look at all the stuff they're able to do there and participate there.
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So, yes, the courtyard renovations are are on the list as well.
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Um, looking at different ways that we can try to bring more life in the middle of campus, as opposed to taking our areas that people try to avoid and making them areas that people seek out and want to want to enjoy.
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And it sounds like field space is also um a concern.
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I'd I'd I mean, we'd probably have to look at how we can do it.
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But then if we get to addressing those JV fields, you know, as you mentioned earlier, make them safer fields to use, along with providing additional lighting, then that would also give alternatives for band and some of the others to have space to go practice.
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Um, because I know it's it's more ideal when they can practice on on a surface that's similar to where they're gonna play, which is going to be grass as opposed to some of the hardscape.
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So any other ideas on on different projects we should be looking at?
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That gate and the student parking lot where the door is, I've heard a whole bunch of students complain.
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And especially in the heat, like peak of summer, when you go to open that gate to leave, it burns your hands and like it's super hot.
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So just like finding a way to cover it so the sun's not hitting it directly, like how it is now, because a whole bunch of people either burn their hands with it or it's just it's too hot to touch.
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And so that's when they're touching the crash bar to push the gate open.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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And that would go with our guardian fencing.
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It would help to Yeah, do that with the perimeter fencing improvements.
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Yep, definitely a lot of different things.
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I mean, we are landlocked, so to speak, with uh elementary school across from us and all the houses, but we definitely need to take what we have and kind of regenerate, right?
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Take the time to rebuild because it's been a while and change happens and change is good, but now we need to happen.
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We need it to happen.
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Absolutely.
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Well, this this campus is gonna be a great focus of ours, uh, wanting to bring it back to life as it as it turns 40 and and refresh it and make it make it look brand new again.
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The fabulous 40.
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Fab Fab 40s, 40 being the new 20 and all.
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We've got to make it look 20.
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Hello and welcome to the Education Exchange.
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I'm your host, Superintendent Jeremy Caius here at the Tolson Union High School District.
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And today we're going to talk about some planned Westview facility upgrades.
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And here to tee off this conversation, we have a couple of our members from our student government team, along with the principal of the school.
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So I'll allow them to introduce themselves.
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My name's Maida.
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I'm junior class treasury.
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My name's Anna Lisa.
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I'm a student body vice president.
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And I'm Natalie Kinones, the proud principal of Westview High School.
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All right.
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So we're we're planning a lot of upgrades here for Westview.
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It is our second oldest campus, so only behind Tullison campus, the original school, but Westview came right along uh almost 40 years ago.
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This campus is almost 40 years old now.
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It's about to hit 40.
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Uh so we have we have a lot of different things that are planned.
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Uh we've started some work here already.
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So we had the uh football field, was upgraded to turf.
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So that was a nice addition.
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Um, but there's still a lot more work to do here.
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Uh it's it's it's gonna be the primary focus for the district for a while.
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Now that we've addressed a lot of the concerns at Tolleson, like we're we're moving towards a lot of the concerns that we have at the Westview campus.
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So get all of your thoughts and opinions on each of those.
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Uh, I want to start first with the projects that were already in the final stages of design and unfortunately got put on pause last year when uh when the bond didn't pass.
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Uh, and and let's address those projects and the needs for those projects and get your thoughts around that.
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Uh so the first ones we'll talk about is um the new ROTC building.
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So uh our ROTC program unfortunately doesn't have the uh proper distance inside their current building to qualify for marksmanship.
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And they've pointed out other concerns in the past.
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In fact, we've talked about it in Stugo before uh in in recent years about some of the needs of ROTC.
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What are what are some of your thoughts around creating a new ROTC building here on the campus?
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I was in ROTC for two years, actually.
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And so we when we did do marksmanship, we did it inside of a different, we had like two classrooms and they're joined together.
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We did it in one classroom, and you gotta say, you know, it is a little get a little bit squish.
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And then I've also heard from Mr.
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Cardoza that you guys are that a part of like the writing that um a markmanship room is supposed to be provided.
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So I think it is really smart of us to actually continue doing that.
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And then they they do a wonderful job for our campus.
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They bring a lot of pride to Westview.
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So in order to make sure that we continue to grow that program, we need to make sure that we bring them the building that they need and the facilities that they need.
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And I gotta say, it's great, it's great talking about the ROTC program on a day when you guys are celebrating a camo day and you're all in camouflage.
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Like it's like perfect to start start the conversation there.
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Um a couple of the other uh new additions are um a new field house out by uh by your football field that would have you know concessions and and new restrooms in it.
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Uh what are some of your thoughts around you know seeing that new addition?
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Like what have you what have you noticed being out around football or anything else?
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The restrooms are the restrooms that we use at the football field are the ones connected to the current RTC building.
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And those they get either really hot or they get really packed easily.
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And there's like usually huge line just to wait to go use the bathroom.
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And then it's also just like again, for student government, our biggest thing is school spirit.
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So we want to see our school constantly getting better and seeing how else that we as students as well, but how the school can get better as well.
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So even seeing not only the restrooms, but also what we do for concession stands as well, it's it's a huge upgrade, which is I'm really excited for it.
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Always a representation of the school, and it would be nice for the field house to represent us as well.
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So you have the other side, the uh visitor side, where of course they use the have to use the porta potties because we don't have bathrooms on that side.
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And it's separate.
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This is an older school, so we're limited on the space.
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So it would be nice to give both field houses.
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Oh, absolutely.
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And definitely not aesthetically pleasing to see porta potties out at your football game.
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So you would we would love to get away from that.
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Uh, let's talk about some of your other projects.
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Uh so one of them is is uh the demoing of the portable buildings to make way for a new gymnasium.
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Uh, we'll focus first on the on the demoing of the portable buildings.
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Uh, several years ago, those were actually scheduled to be demo.
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It was literally the day before the demolition began that our our principal of DLA asked, could they use those portables as opposed to uh you know being over at the Tolson campus?
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And and we granted that request.
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We stopped the demolition.
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Um, but now we're we're looking at getting back to demoing uh those portables, especially since DLA is about to have a new home uh over by the district office in the new building over uh just off the 101.
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So, what are your thoughts around the portables?
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So that it's a 40-year-old campus, which means uh the portables that were built to last for 10 years have we've gotten more than 10 years out of them.
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Uh, have you guys been in those portable buildings before?
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Have you ever, you know, stepped inside them and seen what it's like in there?
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I have not.
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All my four years.
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I don't think I've ever really been inside portable.
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They just pass by them, you know.
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So actually, when I taught here, I taught in the portables.
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Really?
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Um, and so yes, they've been around for quite some time.
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Um, but with the bringing in the new gym, we definitely need it.
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We have so many teams and so many different things that are um sharing facilities and having limited facilities that we need to make sure that we get that gym so that we can actually have basketball, volleyball, everything that we need because we so often have to share and you have to come in late, you get to come in early.
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So it'll be nice to have that extra facility.
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Absolutely.
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And you get to you get to being able to offer some more sports.
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Um, one of the things that never really took off here uh was sand volleyball that um seems to be more popular with the cats than than the students.
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Uh it never really picked up, but we do hear a lot of student interest around boys' volleyball.
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And um, you know, you you two both being on Stugo, I imagine that the students come to you all the time with some of the things they want you to advocate for.
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Uh, but we hear a lot of interest around boys' volleyball and being able to provide boys' volleyball.
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And then we'd offset that with some bad mitten as well.
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And, you know, what are you what are you hearing from students about us being able to offer more sports?
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Because if we were to build a new gym, that is what would allow for the offering of more sports.
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And it would also be the thing that allows Westview to have a full-size competition gym where you could fit plenty of fans in the stands like the other campuses, as opposed to right now being a little bit more limited with a smaller gym.
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Um, I've heard from multiple students that they want to start new sports and that like the sports that we have right now at the school aren't of their interest and that they can't start the new sports because they don't have a place to go and practice, or um, they're like asking to advocate for new spaces for practicing.
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I see the vision with the sand volleyball, but just we live in Arizona.
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It is it's a hot place, guys.
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Just gonna we should kick the litter box to the curve and get ready for because also having a boys' volleyball team, I think it would also be really, really good and encouraging as well.
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There are some people that maybe are not as athletic for basketball or something, but they're also tall.
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Let them go ahead and do volleyball.
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You know what I mean?
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I think like getting rid of the sand volleyball and adding whatever is possible, it'll provide new availabilities for sports and other like new sports or even remaining sports that can, you know, strive and be better.
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Always bringing in the new sports is great, new opportunities for students.
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And it gives us an opportunity to be do with StuGo one assembly instead of two or three.
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Right.
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So oh, absolutely.
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That's that's another great point that if you have a full-size competition gym, you're we can actually all be together.
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Uh a couple of the other items on here focus a little bit more on safety, campus safety, student safety.
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Um, and those are, you know, perimeter fencing uh along with uh laser leveling of field so that way athletes when they're running around to catch a fly ball, they're not stepping into a little gopher hole or something and uh twisting an ankle or a knee.
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Um the district has been making uh an extra emphasis on safety.
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I mean, you've probably noticed, you know, this year with the weapons detectors and some of the other investments that we've been making to increase safety, the perimeter fencing um helps also address that because if you have, you know, a single point of entry that you're trying to use for weapons detectors, but you have a fence that's easy to hop over, then it kind of defeats the purpose a little bit.
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Uh, what are some of your thoughts around the district's focus and emphasis on on safety for the campus?
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Um for the fields, um, I know that right now the only good fields are the varsity fields and that JV and whoever has to use the other fields to practice or to go do whatever club or activity that they're doing, they have to be careful wherever they're running or wherever they're walking because there's always different holes or like lumps or stuff that you trip over.
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And it's just like it's it's like you have to be cautious over there.
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I think you made a great point about because our student metal detector system, I won't lie, when we first got introduced to it, I was not confident in that.
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I was like just you know, I was like, you guys can we can hide stuff in other places, you know?
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But I think it was a really good change that we made, but as well, hearing that the minute, like, okay, we have this for it, but then as well, let's go use the gate that is more than available and doesn't have a medical detector provided.
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I think creating a better safety system is perfect for our schools because especially because it's an old school, it's good to have renovations and continue to be renewed.
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Yeah, we definitely need our guardian gates um as another line of defense and to help with our safety.
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I mean, we're doing a lot of good work with the metal detectors.
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It's been fun to be out there with the kids and see them in the morning and and say good morning and, you know, but um the safety is number one priority for us.
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And so we just want to make sure that we get that second line of defense, or maybe even you want to call it our first line of defense, which is the gates.
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So, as we're talking about the exterior of the campus, one of the other things that we've been looking at is weatherization of the campus.
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And just to give you guys a little bit of background on weatherization, essentially what it is is we'll put this tube of water up next to the walls and we're seeing how fast the water penetrates the building.
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And whenever it fails that test, then the state helps provide some funding for then addressing the seal of the buildings.
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Um, we supplement that funding, and then that allows us to repaint the whole school.
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Um, so if you're familiar with Copper Canyon, when it went from purple to now it's all uh uh weathered saddle and mesa tan.
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I know I got to be there to pick out the colors.
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That's why I remember the color names.
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But uh that that was that was because it failed the weatherization test and we're able to go ahead and go back and do it.
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Um, this is an older campus, so we're expecting that we're gonna be in that in that stage soon where we're going back and readdressing um the outside, but it's also a time to to freshen up the campus and throw some school spirit and and redo how the whole exterior of the campus looks.
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What are what are some of your thoughts about a fresh coat of paint all over the exterior of our buildings?
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I think that, and you were here like two, three weeks ago when we did the student luncheon.
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And when you were there and you we told you about your possible our problems and stuff.
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I'm all for repainting this building, guys.
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We we have a nice brick color, but I'm ready for just some new new change and new new exciting new possibilities to have to just re-rent reinovate our school.
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It's exciting.
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I I I'm I I'm all for that.
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Put some school colors into it.
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Yeah, of course.
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We always like that, you know, little new gray, a little blue.
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Right.
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Maybe that's a little over the top, but you know.
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I'm all for the blue, okay.
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But we definitely, I mean, it would be nice to bring it back to life, right?
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You said 1989.
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We've been here for a while.
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It's time to bring it back to life along with the stairs.
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Uh, make sure that they're all beautified, aesthetically pleasing.
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Yes.
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I would love to see the school painted.
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I feel like it'd bring a lot more energy and like bring the school back to life to how it used to be.
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Yes.
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Definitely make it look new again.
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Yes.
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I mean, just because it's hitting 40 doesn't mean it can't look fabulous.
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40.
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40s, new 20s.
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There you go.
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I like that.
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I like it too.
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Um, one of the other projects that we that we have listed on here is upgrading the performing arts center.
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Um what are your what are your guys' thoughts around the performing arts center?
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Have you have you been in there?
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What do you what do you and you've have you also been to some of the performing arts center at some of our other campuses, especially our newer campuses?
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What are what are some of your thoughts about extra life we could bring into the performing arts center?
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I have been in the performing arts center.
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I actually take a theater class and we're there a lot.
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The pack, it's like it's it's a really nice pack, but there's just like I don't know how I don't know how to describe it.
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It's just with the house, like where the audience sits, like those chairs are really worn out.
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Like if you go look at the back of them, they're all drawn on, they're all beat up.
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And then it's just like just they're all just like um damaged, like people are just like sitting and like kicking them or like doing whatever they want with them.
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As a bystander, I've never really been on the stage because you know, theaters aren't really my thing.
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I'm good off that.
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But like just to sit there and be in the seats, like I said, I've never really noticed the chairs and stuff.
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But if we did upgrade the PAC, just like how you said, I think it'll be a real crowd pleaser.
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And then if we're not only rebuilding the PAC, but also I know there was a lot of technical and audio issues.
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I went to the play last year, I watched it.
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That that could be fixed or something.
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Just having more changes, it'll be better for not only our school, but also for what dance is gonna have to do in the PAC, for what band is gonna have to do in the PAC and theater and all these other up-and-coming clubs and sports, like it could be better for them as well.
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We have a lot of students involved in PVA.
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And as a former PVA teacher, I think it's important that we renovate it.
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You know, I think uh so often we do not just the performances in there, but we do award ceremonies.
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People come in and for do different things.
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We have people that use it for just so such a variety, but it needs to be updated.
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I mean, we've been up there when I'm talking, and all of a sudden you hear nothing or you get so loud.
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Um, so that some of the up upgrades would be nice, just bringing it again, 1989 back to life.
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Let's bring Westview back to life.
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Absolutely.
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And I'll tell you, I've I've been uh all over your guys' PAC.
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Uh uh, you know, your your principal wanted me to go up there and walk on the catwalk that's like all the way up above the stage.
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So I had to go ahead and go do it.
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So I was like, yeah, absolutely.
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I'll go walk up there, walk around out on the catwalk.
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Um, and then also you guys are like the only school I believe that we have an orchestra pit.
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We are, yes.
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And uh it it looks more like storage, but I mean it was an orchestra pit, it was like kind of the concept around there.
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So there's a there's a lot we could do with a with a big upgrade to um be able to look at ways that we could even add more seating and definitely some new seating because after 40 years, uh seats have a hard time holding up uh, you know, and hitting 40 and looking good.
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So definitely some good renovations.
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And we did get to use that orchestra pit last year for the first time in a long time, and it was wonderful.
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What a difference it made for our play.
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I mean, it was great.
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Nice.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, I I I should have came out to see it.
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So a couple of our other projects include uh repairing some steps here around the buildings, along with replacing some elevators.
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What uh what do you guys notice around the elevators and the steps?
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Those steps are really something.
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They um if you go, if you go up the stairs, like you'll see like the stairs, they're like falling down or like they're like dancing in at some point.
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And like some of them are chips, and like I've seen quite a few people fall down them.
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Oh, definitely a safety hazard we need to get addressed.
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Definitely, and then as well for the elevators, I think I remember it was um future freshman night or of some sort.
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And um um, what's it called?
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A parent was going down the elevator and it got stuck halfway.
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And Mr.
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West Westview over here, King Westview.
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He's like freaking out, like super, super worried.
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And it's just getting the elevator face will actually be beneficial as well for people that do have disabilities of such.
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It'll be super helpful.
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We are the second oldest elevator in Arizona that has actually been found out, yes.
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So um, we need new elevators.
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Uh often we have to keep the what is it, 400 is always closed.
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Yeah, um, and they have to go across the bridge.
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So it's definitely something that we need.
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And the the stairs, they look rusted, but they're very steep.
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We could use some we could use some help, Mr.
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Kayas.
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Yes, absolutely.
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And I'm I'm hoping the community answers the call.
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Yes.
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We uh we definitely have these on the on the capital improvement list.
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Um, what are some other ideas, some things you haven't seen on the list that you're like we should also be considering, some things that you guys think also need to be addressed here at the campus?
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So I noticed that one that isn't on here, and we've actually talked about it going on three years now.
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That is the tennis court lights.
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Uh, it is not only beneficial for tennis, but it's as well, there's been staff in Admin that actually have recorded videos of band playing in the dark because they can't use the football field.
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It's being used by flag football and football where they need to actually use it.
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So that's where they play playing in the dark because they have no light out there in the tennis field.
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As well as soccer plays there for um club sports, what um flag football practices there sometimes.
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It's just it'll be really beneficial to have new lights as well, just in general.
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Like all in all, it's good to have lights there.
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It to go with that.
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I mean, we need lights.
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We right now we're I get to redo that one.
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You're welcome.
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Thank you.
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Um right now we are definitely we working with band with the competition tomorrow.
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We have to rent some lights, making sure that they have somewhere to practice practice.
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Because again, we have limited facilities, so we're always putting somebody somewhere else, whether dance and cheer, have to share the dance room, whether you know, football and um basketball and anybody else.
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I mean, I know they're all at different times, but yet they have practice at the same time.
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So um it's it's difficult to allow them at night, which and it's hot again.
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But to attest to that.
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On another note, um, would be one we did fabulous.
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If you've seen it out here right outside my office, we did turf and a wonderful canopy.
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And it's a lot of students like to eat there, and it's wonderful.
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And I can always see them playing games and having fun and singing and dancing.
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I mean, a lot of TikToks, it's a lot of fun.
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But it would be nice to see that on the rest of our campus.
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I know you have on here that we do want to make sure that we get that renovation in the middle of campus where we get more canopies, we get some greenery so it's not rocks, and we're not doesn't look old and outdated.
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So it'd be nice to have that renovation as well, that college feel, so to speak, right?
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You can eat wherever, have fun, right, chill.
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The beauty of the school is that there's so much to do.
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We have so many clubs and so many sports and activities.
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It's just there's so many possibilities, but so little room to do it.
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So that's where, again, reinnovating and making it bigger for all students around for any club and sport or activity, it'll provide more for them.
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Absolutely.
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I mean, space is always the tightest commodity.
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And so when we see spaces that are being wasted, either because it's just rock and everybody's trying to avoid it or just way too much concrete and not enough green area or not enough shade because it's just directly in the sun.
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Um, it's it's definitely refreshing when we do an investment and then we see how the students are now using that area.
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And we can see that yes, that is why we know it's a wise investment because look at all the stuff they're able to do there and participate there.
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So, yes, the courtyard renovations are are on the list as well.
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Um, looking at different ways that we can try to bring more life in the middle of campus, as opposed to taking our areas that people try to avoid and making them areas that people seek out and want to want to enjoy.
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And it sounds like field space is also um a concern.
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I'd I'd I mean, we'd probably have to look at how we can do it.
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But then if we get to addressing those JV fields, you know, as you mentioned earlier, make them safer fields to use, along with providing additional lighting, then that would also give alternatives for band and some of the others to have space to go practice.
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Um, because I know it's it's more ideal when they can practice on on a surface that's similar to where they're gonna play, which is going to be grass as opposed to some of the hardscape.
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So any other ideas on on different projects we should be looking at?
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That gate and the student parking lot where the door is, I've heard a whole bunch of students complain.
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And especially in the heat, like peak of summer, when you go to open that gate to leave, it burns your hands and like it's super hot.
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So just like finding a way to cover it so the sun's not hitting it directly, like how it is now, because a whole bunch of people either burn their hands with it or it's just it's too hot to touch.
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And so that's when they're touching the crash bar to push the gate open.
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Okay.
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Yes.
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And that would go with our guardian fencing.
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It would help to Yeah, do that with the perimeter fencing improvements.
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Yep, definitely a lot of different things.
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I mean, we are landlocked, so to speak, with uh elementary school across from us and all the houses, but we definitely need to take what we have and kind of regenerate, right?
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Take the time to rebuild because it's been a while and change happens and change is good, but now we need to happen.
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We need it to happen.
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Absolutely.
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Well, this this campus is gonna be a great focus of ours, uh, wanting to bring it back to life as it as it turns 40 and and refresh it and make it make it look brand new again.
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The fabulous 40.
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Fab Fab 40s, 40 being the new 20 and all.
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We've got to make it look 20.
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