The lobby of Maricopa High School is being remodeled this year. Earlier, grants from the Arizona School Facilities Board paid for maintenance upgrades at the campus. MUSD photo

The Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board approved $110,000 for Maricopa High School to remodel and upgrade security to the school’s lobby.

The remodel is only planned for the front entrance of MHS by the school’s administration offices. The remodel is intended to provide a more secure area for parents, students and staff.

“The remodel will provide a more secure entrance,” MUSD superintendent Steve Chestnut said. “We’re trying to make our offices friendly, but more secure at the same time.”

This will be the second time the MHS lobby will require work over the last two school years. During the 2014-15 school year, the MHS lobby flooded. However, any damage from the water was repaired and will not have any effect on the remodel.

“This decision was not because of the flooding last year,” Chestnut said. “All of the damage from that was repaired, and the costs were covered by insurance.”

SBD Contracting Services was selected to carry out the remodel. No start date has been set yet, but the district is hopeful work will begin in the next few months.

“We just created a [contract] with the contractor and now they will order their materials and fabricate some of the new entrance for installation,” MUSD Director of Business Services Aron Rausch said. “We have not yet established with the contractor a timeline. We hope they will start installation within the next few months.”

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Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams. Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams. Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams.
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