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Candidates stress school safety, law-enforcement partnerships and curriculum oversight in Higley forums
Summary
Finalists emphasized physical-security upgrades, partnerships with local police, curriculum-adoption processes and public review as priorities if selected as superintendent.
Safety and curriculum oversight featured prominently at the Higley Unified superintendent finalist forums as candidates described current measures and proposed next steps.
Dr. Bridal Copeland described a layered approach to safety that included bond-funded physical upgrades (single-entry points, safety glass and buzzer systems), monthly coordination with Mesa Police Department and Queen Creek Police Department, and an educational video about the "power of words" that she said students watch "twice a year" and which she credited with a…
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