Good morning, Chandler. School's out across Chandler Unified this week, and the city is easing into summer.
- 🎰 A $15 bet turned into nearly $1.5 million. The payout came at a Chandler-area casino late last month.
- 🦆 Ducklings pulled to safety after the storm. A late-May storm left damage across Chandler.
- 🏫 CUSD campuses are on summer schedule. Arizona College Prep and the rest of the district closed out the year.
- 🗣️ What Chandler is talking about. Teacher pay, gas prices, and the declining-enrollment question.
A $15 bet, a $1.5 million payout
A guest at a Chandler-area casino turned a $15 bet into a jackpot of nearly $1.5 million late last month. A rare result, even by casino-floor standards.
Around Chandler
🦆 Ducklings rescued from storm damage. A brood of ducklings was pulled to safety after a late-May storm tore through Chandler. A small bit of good news after a rough night of weather. Details.
🗣️ Readers sound off. The latest Chandler Independent SpeakUp column runs through what people in the city are weighing in on right now: teacher pay, gas prices, Junior Achievement, and hot dogs. Details.
From the schools
🏫 Summer schedule begins. Arizona College Prep marks its campus closed for the summer starting June 5, in step with the rest of Chandler Unified wrapping the school year. Details.
📉 The enrollment question keeps going. How public schools should respond to declining enrollment is the debate the Chandler Independent put to readers, and it lands squarely on CUSD families. It picks up a thread that has been running through district conversations all spring. Details.