EDUCATION

Chandler district unveils amphitheater, other elementary projects

All work paid for through 2019 bond dollars

Former and current leaders helped cut the ribbon for Chandler’s Sanborn Elementary School amphitheater project. From the left are former Sanborn principals Caryn Cole and Diane Wells, current Sanborn principal Adam McCoy, Chandler Unified Board President Barb Mozdzen, Grenee Martacho, CEO of Concord General Contracting, which completed most of the work on the project, Saravanan Bala of design firm Orcutt Winslow, the Sanborn student president and CUSD Superintendent Frank Narducci.

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In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 5 bond election, Chandler Unified School District contractors completed three elementary school facility improvement projects paid for with 2019 bond money, with CUSD staff making efforts to promote ribbon cuttings.

Though the 2024 bond election failed, the 2019 bond covered improvements at Sanborn, Hull and Conley elementary schools.

The Oct. 31 Sanborn opening ceremony involved nearly all students and staff. The $1.8 million improvements include a courtyard amphitheater with sloped artificial grass, concrete seating and a flexible-material shade structure that covers hundreds of students, plus pickleball courts and some turfed “training areas.”

Improvements at Chandler’s Sanborn Elementary School include concrete seating and a shade structure for a courtyard amphitheater, turfed training areas and pickleball courts.

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