When the current school year kicked off at Crismon High School in Queen Creek, students began posting cell phone photos on social media showing hallways and a staircase clogged with students.
The school added an 11th grade this year and the student population hit about 1,700, up from 1,000 the previous year when the school opened its doors for the first time. This type of rapid growth is no surprise to QCUSD officials. After all, with the town’s booming population they call the district one of the fastest growing in the state and they have worked to get voters to approve bond measures to try to keep up with that growth and maintain existing schools.
