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Article: Air academy grounded: Gilbert district, Air Force skirt blame for program's closing.
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- The Tribune (Mesa, AZ)
- Article date:
- February 21, 2006
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Byline: Jackie Leatherman
Feb. 21--Students who enrolled in an aviation-focused Gilbert high school never received what school officials promised three years ago.
Flight simulators. Advanced technology. Military equipment that would set their school, the Technology and Leadership Academy, apart from all other high schools in the nation through a special partnership with the United States Air Force.
Now, as enrollment dwindles and the Gilbert Unified School District plans to close the school, the district and the Air Force both deny responsibility for its failure.
Caught in the middle are students and parents disappointed the academy is ...