Coronado High School - Trail Yearbook (Scottsdale, AZ)

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Wide streets and boulevards following the desert terrain are part of the natural decor that enhances the foothills community. An earthtone color code regulates the entire development. PHOTO BY ARNESON. Senior Amy Janney works at FrankIin's Family Restaurant, a fast food establishment in Fountain Hills. PHOTO BY ARNESON. About 120 students were transported to and from Coronado on two Fountain Hills School District buses. PHOTO BY HOUSE. Fountain Hills 29

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FounTain Hills overflow floods To Coronado by Michele CourTney Coronado opened iTs doors This fall To 420 sTudenTs from The scenic deserT communiTy of FounTain Hills. FounTain Hills lies on The easT side of The McDowell MounTains, approximafely 20 miles from ScoTTsdale. The worId's highesT founTain is The famous landmark and namesake for The communiTy. Every hour on The hour, for a 45- minuTe period, a snow-whiTe jeT spray shooTs 560 feeT upward. Scenic rolling hills, mounTain visTas and rich deserT flora cover The 42,000 acre developmenT. Wide sTreeTs and boulevards follow The naTural Terrain. All uTiliTies are underground, excepT for a SalT River ProjecT high volTage loop. The ciTy foThers are vigilanT abouf low densiTy populafion, archiTecTural conTrol and environmenTal proTecTion. If FounTain Hills were To be annexed, iT would be considered parT of The adjoining ScoTTsdaIe area. High school sTudenTs from The '10- year-old ScoTTsdale suburb had previously aTTended Mesa schools. BoTh posiTive and negaTive changes and adjusTmenTs were experienced by The newcomers. l feel more easily accepTed here Than aT WesTwood, said senior PaTTy Ward. Ward, along wiTh five oTher FounTain Hills sTudenTs, Transferred To Coronado lasT year during The Time The SalT River flooding made access To Mesa difficulT. These sTudenTs laTer wenT To The FounTain Hills school board To express Their preference for aTTending ScoTTsdale schools. The parenfs also prefered The ScoTTsdale school sysfem. Senior Amy Janney remarked ThaT some of The Transfers have negaTive feelings because They are ineligible To parTicipaTe in sporTs unTil They have aTTended school here for a year. Senior Becky Thomas felT The biggesT problem was combaTing prejudiced views. They Think we're rich braTs, she said. The highesT founfain in The world, FounTain Hills' communiTy landmark and namesake, shooTs To ifs heighT of 560 feef. PHOTO BY ARNESON. 28 FOunTClin Hills

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