PHOENIX — After being accused of trying to bring a box cutter into Maryvale High School in Phoenix days after a student’s murder, a state lawmaker and her daughter are denying the allegations.
Arizona Rep. Lydia Hernandez and her daughter, Cassandra, were accused by the Phoenix Union High School District (PXU) of trying to bring a box cutter into the high school inside a bag on Monday to test the school’s weapon detection system.
Lydia Hernandez represents Arizona’s 24th Legislative District and is the governing board president for the Cartwright Elementary School District. Cassandra Hernandez is a Cartwright Elementary School District board member and an alum of Maryvale High School…