For the first time in as long as anyone can remember, Arizona鈥檚 largest public school district isn鈥檛 opening its schools to voters as polling sites.
The reasons have been building for years, but the final straw for Mesa Public Schools officials came last November with a small, low-turnout election that became mired in misinformation and menace.
鈥淚t was very chaotic,鈥 Assistant Superintendent Scott Thompson recalled. 鈥淚t was overwhelming.鈥
