PHOENIX — The Phoenix City Council is entering into an agreement with the Laveen School District to construct a new school on city land.
On Wednesday, the council approved a deal for the Laveen district to construct a K-8 campus on about 20 acres located near 59th and Olney avenues, east of the Loop 202 freeway.
Records show the city bought about 40 acres in this region of the Valley with the intention of building a new community park. In 2019, the school district approached the city about using a section of the land to build a school…