Arizona superintendent faces new questions about handling of student safety issues

PHOENIX — The superintendent of a West Valley school district who was already under fire for questionable spending now faces alarming allegations involving his handling of threats to student safety.

Speaking at an Arizona legislative hearing Tuesday, a former principal in the Tolleson Union High School District alleged that Superintendent Jeremy Calles:

-Refused to remove a student suspected of having a gun from campus. Two months later, in November 2023, the student was involved in a shooting in west Phoenix…

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