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27-420: The programs offered at MCCCD include those leading to a two-year associate degree and occupational certificates, as well as online classes and dual enrollment programs. The cost of tuition for Maricopa County residents is $ 85 per credit hour, as of the 2022–23 academic year. The Phoenix Union High School District established Phoenix Junior College (now Phoenix College ) in 1920 as the first community college in

54-693: A governing board, president, chancellor, and provost. The Governing Board of the Maricopa County Community College District has seven members, five elected from geographical districts within the Maricopa County, and two elected at-large positions by the voters of the entire county. The Chancellor of the Maricopa Community Colleges is the CEO of the 10-college system. The presidents at each college and 4 vice chancellors report to

81-607: A rented house on 9th Street and Jefferson. A plot of land that would later become the Phoenix Union Colored High School (later George Washington Carver High School ) was purchased in 1925. The site, a former four-acre landfill that was surrounded by warehouses, drew protests over safety and sanitary concerns. The school, however, was opened in 1926, and was the only one ever built exclusively to serve African American high school students in Arizona. The school

108-562: A result of the closures, two lawsuits were filed, accusing the Phoenix Union High School District of discriminating against ethnic minorities and low-income students by closing schools in their neighborhoods, in addition to unfair resource allocations. An Office for Civil Rights investigation also found that the school district had an open enrollment policy that, while designed to alleviate school overcrowding, resulted in racial imbalance. The school district, according to

135-519: Is a high school -only school district in Phoenix , Arizona , United States . It is one of five high school-only districts in the Phoenix area. The school district serves students within a 220 square miles (570 km ) area of Phoenix, and enrollment sits around 26,000 students, enrolled within its 23 schools. Its boundaries are largely coextensive with the city of Phoenix prior to the 1960s. As of 2020 ,

162-452: Is the legal entity name of the district. Some confuse the Maricopa Community Colleges abbreviation for Mesa Community College (MCC), one of the ten Maricopa colleges. The district's official initialism, therefore, is MCCCD, while Mesa's is MCC. 33°30′50″N 112°28′33″W  /  33.51389°N 112.47583°W  / 33.51389; -112.47583 Phoenix Union High School District The Phoenix Union High School District

189-524: The 10 Maricopa community colleges and two skill centers, while drawing on their faculty and facility resources when appropriate. The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation constitutes a partnership among the City of Phoenix, the Economic Development Administration and the Maricopa County Community College District, as well as additional public and private partners. The district is governed by

216-504: The 1960s. Trevor G. Browne opened its doors in 1970s, along with alternative schools Bostrom High and Desiderata Program The racial makeup of Phoenix Union High School District schools began to change during the 1950s and 1960s. PUHS' African American and Hispanic population increased during those two decades, and by 1970, the school's White population fell to 19.3% of the student body. Despite that rise, PUHS' ethnic minorities had little say in determining and conducting education at

243-619: The Chancellor, who serves at the pleasure of the Governing Board. Honors Forum Lectures: The Honors Forum Lecture Series features local and nationally known speakers who address specific issues related to a theme selected by Phi Theta Kappa . The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) theme is chosen to bring unity to the Honors Program and the national PTK chapters at each college. Fischl Lecture Series at Phoenix College: The Eric Fischl Lecture Series

270-525: The building of a number of specialty schools. Suns-Diamondbacks Education Academy (since renamed Linda Abril Educational Academy ), a school for at-risk students , was established in 2001. Franklin Police and Fire High School , a first-of-its-kind public safety-oriented school, opened in 2007. Bioscience High opened in 2006. The district was considering whether to open another high school as other high schools were above capacity. The district chose to enact

297-553: The course of 6 months. This problem resulted in a unanimous vote of no-confidence by the faculty senate at each of the MCCCD colleges. Founded in 2013, the corporate college provides consultative services to businesses, and continuing education to professionals, and will oversee district entrepreneurial activities and initiatives, such as the business incubator on the GateWay Community College campus. It functions independently of

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324-695: The district covers much of Phoenix and portions of Glendale , Paradise Valley , and Scottsdale . The district has a population including 81.7% of its students being identified as "Hispanics" , and 52.4% of its students speaking Spanish at home. In all, 71 languages have been identified as primary home languages. The district employs approximately 3,000 staff, with 1,617 of them being teachers. The school district has no elementary or middle schools, and as such, it has identified 13 elementary school districts as its Partner Elementary Districts, with students who enroll with those districts being fed into PUHSD's high schools. The school district's roots lie with

351-414: The establishment of magnet programs across the district, continued summer school programs, increased transportation options for students, and the building of two more high schools. In 1999, Cesar Chavez High School opened its doors, becoming the first Phoenix Union High School to be built in 27 years. Another comprehensive high school, Betty H. Fairfax High School , opened in 2007. The 2000s also saw

378-474: The investigation, was fully aware of the policy's impact, and, despite numerous recommendations, chose not to take action of the matter. The lawsuits were later consolidated into the Castro v. Phoenix Union High School District lawsuit. Eventually, a federal judge ruled against the school district. A consent decree followed the ruling, which resulted in the reopening of North High, as well as, among other things,

405-425: The opening of Phoenix Union High School in 1895. In that same year, Arizona's Territorial Legislature passed a law that allowed districts with at least 2,000 residents to form a high school. Phoenix Union High School first opened with four classrooms and 90 students, on the second floor of an elementary school building, but eventually moved into its final location, near 7th Street and Van Buren. The school campus

432-619: The school's segregated past, merely stating that Carver High was built to accommodate the district's African American population, and stating that the school closed, following integration. Until 1926, Phoenix Union High School was the school district's only school. By 1939, PUHS' student population reached 5,219, and North High School , the first school not built for the purpose of segregation, opened its doors. Between 1949 and 1957, five additional high schools were built: Camelback , Carl Hayden , Central , West , and South Mountain . Those were followed by Alhambra , East , and Maryvale in

459-505: The school. Meanwhile, violence between the school's Hispanic and African American population eventually played a large role in everyday school life, with each side blaming the other side. A riot brought on by racial tensions also happened during the 1970s at South Mountain High School . In the 1980s, Phoenix Union High School District's board voted to close North High, PUHS, and East High, and West High, due to declining enrollment. As

486-429: The state of Arizona. In 1960, the state legislature provided for junior college districts in Arizona. The Maricopa County Junior College District was established in 1962 by the approval of county voters, with the new system acquiring Phoenix Junior College. The system established branch campuses of Phoenix Junior College in the nearby suburbs of Glendale and Mesa; these would subsequently become independent campuses within

513-479: The state since 2007, [requiring] more aggressive, intentional actions have taken place to bring the two institutions more in line with one another". In March 2017, MCCCD moved from a standardized, stepped-compensation system for its staff to a range-based system based on performance. The new system was slated for implementation in July 2017. In Feb 2018, the MCCCD governing board eliminated the meet-and-confer program which

540-505: The system. Other campuses were established in the following years: In 1971, the "Junior College" portion of the name was changed to "Community College". The State Board of Directors for Community Colleges of Arizona presided over the entire statewide community college system until June 2002, when the Arizona Legislature reduced its powers and duties and transferred most oversight to individual community college districts. In 2010,

567-562: The various nursing programs at each of the Maricopa Community Colleges coalesced under one standard curriculum and program consortium: "MaricopaNursing. In September 2016, the Maricopa Skill Center which has three campuses including Buckeye & 12th St, 29th Ave & Bell, and 75th Ave & Peoria were folded into the Gateway Community College brand. The merger of brands was due in part by "shrinking appropriations from

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594-412: Was a former mansion, and was chosen at the time because it was located in a residential area, bordered in part by two arterial streets. PUHS also affected later developmental patterns in the area. In 1920, Phoenix Union High School District opened Phoenix College as Phoenix Junior College, after consultation with University of Arizona and the designing of a two-year curriculum. The school, however,

621-555: Was closed 1954, a year after a judge at the Maricopa County Superior Court ruled school segregation in Phoenix high schools was unconstitutional, in the case Phillips vs. Phoenix Union High Schools and Junior College District . PUHS, along with Carl Hayden High School and South Mountain High School , took on the bulk of the school district's African American students after desegregation. To this day, Phoenix Union High School District's website makes few references to

648-683: Was considered to be extra-legal, as no laws authorized its existence. That changed in 1927, after the Arizona State Legislature authorized and legalized the creation and maintenance of Junior Colleges in Arizona. Phoenix Union High School District would vote to transfer Phoenix College to the Maricopa County Community College District in 1963. Beginning in the late 1910s, Phoenix Union High School District began segregating its White and African American students. While segregation of elementary schools in Arizona

675-418: Was launched in 2005 when American painter and sculpture Eric Fischl returned to Phoenix College for the first time since the late 1960s. Fischl, then student, studied at PC under renowned Southwestern landscape artist and faculty member Merrill Mahaffey. The Maricopa Community College District, or Maricopa Community Colleges for short, is also known as the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). This

702-447: Was mandated, segregation of high schools was never required under Arizona law. In 1918, a "Department for Colored Students" that was established at a rear room of Phoenix Union High School 's Commercial Building, with one teacher. The school's African American students were then housed in two small cottages that was separated from the PUHS campus by an irrigation ditch., and later placed at

729-451: Was used as a form of bargaining for employee benefits and compensation, among other purposes. This change resulted in controversy among some MCCCD staff and faculty. In Feb 2018, football ceased to be a funded sport at the MCCCD colleges due to lack of available budget. Four months later, a human resources project to harmonize the technology behind the way staff are paid was reported to have resulted in thousands of underpay-overpay errors over

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