The East Valley Tribune.com has published a new article by Hayley Ringle on 8/22 outlining the tremendous growth of the Higley Unified School District in its centennial year.
Higley opens 10th school; more on horizon
*Fun Facts*
In the last 10 years, Higley Unified School District has opened nine new schools with 10,000 new students enrolled.
In 1910, the US Census Bureau recorded Arizona's population at 204,354. The current estimate was at 6.5 million in 2008.
The Town of Gilbert's 2009 Business Development plan states their population is at 215,000, having doubled every five years since 1980. (And to think this was roughly the population of Arizona as we approached statehood in 1912!)
In between all of these numbers, the "unofficial" town of Higley may have been one of the only places in Arizona to have seen its population decline, but your Friendly Higley Historians couldn't be more grateful to see the ingenuity and resilience it took to make this home in the desert continuing on through our schools.
Congratulations Higley Unified School District in rising to the challenges of such rapid change. We look forward to documenting your history during this year's centennial celebration and are excited to see what the next 100 years have in store!
