Agua Fria Union High School District outlines summer bond projects, plans cafeteria rebuild at Agua Fria High
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District staff gave the governing board an overview of summer construction and maintenance funded by the bond—projects include a cafeteria and kitchen rebuild at Agua Fria High, chiller and HVAC work, athletic lighting replacements, campus renovations at Millennium and Verrado, and ongoing work at Goodyear and Hilltop School for the Arts.
Vice President Landis and members of the Agua Fria Union High School District Governing Board heard a summer bond project update at their June 4 meeting, when district staff summarized construction and maintenance work planned or underway at multiple campuses.
District staff said the largest single project this summer is a complete tear-down and rebuild of the cafeteria and kitchen at Agua Fria High School, with work expected to show visible progress by Christmas. "It's too late to turn back now," a district facilities staff member said as images of the site were shown to the board. The district acknowledged contingency plans to keep students fed during construction and thanked the cafeteria team and Director of Food Service Barbara Duncan for arranging interim food service.
The presentation listed SFB-funded (School Facilities Board) and other projects across the district: at Agua Fria High a chiller and auditorium HVAC replacement and girls locker-room counter repairs; Canyon View High School door-system and connectivity upgrades; Desert Edge High School cafeteria expansion and parking-lot maintenance; Millennium High School campus core reconstruction (described as “gutting the core of campus” to update classroom and infrastructure systems, with sequencing intended to avoid adding portables); Verrado High School cooling-tower and heat-exchanger replacements; resurfacing of the YMCA lap pool (the district owns the lap pool at that facility); and electric-vehicle charging infrastructure at the transportation yard. The Hilltop School for the Arts project and the new Goodyear High School were described as continuing on schedule, with Goodyear on track for an August opening and Hilltop awaiting final easement paperwork before major site work begins.
District staff highlighted construction sequencing at Millennium that is intended to maintain classroom capacity without adding portables, and noted logistics work to preserve alarm, phone and network (MDF) systems while the center of campus is rebuilt. Staff also said stadium light fixtures at some schools are obsolete and impossible to source replacement bulbs for, prompting full fixture replacements rather than repairs.
Board members asked about specific sites and timing: the Desert Edge expansion will enclose an existing covered outdoor eating area to create more enclosed cafeteria space and a new outdoor eating area; some projects (for example, a shared West-MEC campus partnership near Agua Fria) may not be finished before school starts, and the district is coordinating temporary space on another campus for affected students. District staff identified Mark Gonzales (project manager), Ernie Molina (director of field operations) and Mary Hammonds (director of facilities) as the on-site leaders managing the summer work.
The board was shown recent photos of active sites and was invited to tour facilities, including the new Goodyear campus once certificate of occupancy and building-team coordination are complete. No formal action was required on the update; it was presented for information and questions.
