Press Kit
Fact Sheet
Name: Maricopa County Regional School District No. 509
Established: 1871
District Office: 3409 W. Whitton Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Phone: 602-452-4700
Website: http://www.mcrsd.org
Governing Board:
Dr. Donald Covey
Advisory Council:
Gerald Cuendet, President
Harry Valenzuela Garewal Jr., Clerk
Stuart Turnansky
Donna McHenry
Vision:
Empowering students to take control of their future by providing an education that inspires and enables them to develop an unshakable belief in their own potential.
Mission:
Preparing our students for their successful transition into the global community within an alternative educational setting.
Overview:
Maricopa County Regional School District is an accommodation school district for approximately 2,500 students in transition throughout the year. As students enter the system, they work with district faculty to develop an individualized Education and Career Action Plan which will include their current coursework plan, career aspirations and several extended learning opportunities for development of individual academic and career goals. The district offers different tracks based on the student’s ECAP. Those tracks are:
- GED
- Credit Recovery
- Skills Enhancement
In addition, the district has strengthened and increased community partnerships to enhance existing programs and the availability of positive options for its students. These partner organizations efforts augment the existing programs that Maricopa County Regional School District offers.
New Perspective:
Once a sprawling district serving students in 16 different facilities, the Maricopa County Regional School District has refocused efforts to create sustainable impacts for the targeted group of students it now serves. A basic philosophy shift fuels this new perspective as efforts to correct student behavior through punishment or reform are replaced with correction through transformation. The district and its teachers now work to focus on the total student, transforming futures through seamless transitions and develop and expand productive skills and abilities to build confidence and create additional career, vocational and academic possibilities for each student they serve.
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