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Higley Unified students present participatory budgeting projects to governing board
Summary
Students from multiple Higley Unified School District campuses presented student-driven participatory budgeting proposals to the district cabinet and governing board, reporting campus votes and the winning projects — from filtered water fountains and window wraps to outdoor misting fans and playground upgrades.
Students from across the Higley Unified School District presented the results of school participatory budgeting projects to district leaders and the governing board, describing how classroom idea collection, student committees and campus voting produced tangible winners that district staff will purchase and install before the next school year.
“My name is David Lotzenizer. I’m the superintendent,” said David Lotzenizer, who opened the event and thanked staff and student leaders for organizing the first district-wide participatory budgeting presentations. A district staff member who coordinated the event explained logistics and acknowledged sponsors Center for the Future of Arizona and Arizona State University.
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