Basha High School Office

A photo of Eddie Basha with quote reading, " Make education your business. It will feed your future." is shown in the schools administration building, Thursday, March 28, 2013 in Chandler. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Gilbert Junior High School

The marquee outside Gilbert Junior High this week gave thanks for the Jan. 22 decision by the Gilbert Unified School District governing board to keep the campus open, despite an initial call to close the school in October. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Valley Christian High School

Derek Robinson teaches Bible last week at Chandler's Valley Christian High School. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Valley Christian High School

Derek Robinson teaches Bible last week at Chandler's Valley Christian High School. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Valley Christian High School

Students discuss class guidelines with their speech teacher, Sheri Templeton, last week at Chandler's Valley Christian High School. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Valley Christian High School

Sophomores Mattae Van Dyke and Clay Susich work on problems during their biology class last week at Chandler's Valley Christian. [Michelle Reese/Tribune]

Gilbert high schools

Highland High School principal Domonic Salce, left, talks with College Board Education Manager David Moniz while visiting the school, Nov. 9 in Gilbert. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Gilbert Junior High School

Basha High School

Open spaces abound near the Basha High School campus in the far southeast corner of Chandler. Since opening, Basha has been a regular in the large school playoffs, reaching the semifinals last year.

Westwood High School

Westwood High School, above, and Dobson High School, shown at a recent practice, below, are both located in older neighborhoods of Mesa and have seen plenty of struggles on the football field in the last decade as fewer and fewer young families move into its boundaries.

Hamilton High School

Hamilton High school engineering 102 students work experiments during class, Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in Chandler. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Hamilton High School

Hamilton High school engineering 102 students work experiments during class, Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in Chandler. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Hamilton High School

Hamilton High school engineering 102 students work experiments during class, Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in Chandler. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Hamilton High School

Hamilton High school engineering 102 students work experiments during class, Tuesday, August 7, 2012 in Chandler. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Quest High School

Viviana Martinez,17, left, helps Lee Anna Cook, 4, with her writing, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in Tempe at Quest High school. Martinez is enrolled in the schools child development program. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Quest High School

Viviana Martinez,17, left, helps Lee Anna Cook, 4, with her writing, Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in Tempe at Quest High school. Martinez is enrolled in the schools child development program. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL

FILE - This April 28, 1999 file photo shows an unidentified woman with15 crosses posted on a hill above Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. Wednesday, April 28, 1999 in remembrance of the 15 people who died during a school shooting on April 20. Sony Electronics and the Nielsen television research company collaborated on a survey ranking TV's most memorable moments. Other TV events include, the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the O.J. Simpson murder trial verdict in 1995 and the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)

Apache Trail High School

Sun Valley High School

Students at Mesa's Sun Valley High School learn job skills from staff at a Mesa Home Depot.

Westwood High School

Mesa Junior High School

About 300 people attended a public hearing at Mesa Junior High School Tuesday night. The district governing board is seeking input on a recommendation to close Mesa Junior at the end of this schhol year.

Andersen Junior High School

Seventh-grade girls read during language arts class at Andersen Junior High School in Chandler.

Campo Verde High School