Before Maricopa Unified School District spread six elementary schools (seven when Alma Farrell Innovation Academy opens next month) across town, the district’s youngest students all shared one playground off Honeycutt Avenue.
This undated family photo shows the old Maricopa Unified Schools playground, now the site of the current Maricopa Elementary School playground. Submitted by 28-year-old Homestead resident Terese Bochat, the photo shows Bochat as a child with her aunt, captured by her grandmother.
“It was Maricopa Elementary School’s old playground before they built the new Maricopa Elementary in Alterra,” Bochat said. “I’m not sure how many people knew all the grade schools used to be in just one area!”
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The MHS campus used to house all grade levels. The old elementary school playground use to be where the PAC now stands. It wasn’t until sometime in the 2000s that the first middle school campus and the first elementary school campuses were established.
The first sentence in your second paragraph is incorrect. The new Maricopa Elementary School is located on Bowlin Road. The original MES was located on Honeycutt Avenue.