Great Hearts Academies will purchase new site adjacent to existing school for fields

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Great Hearts in working with the city to help develop a public park

By Yihyun Jeong | The Republic

Great Hearts Academies announced Wednesday that it will pull out of a controversial park proposal with Scottsdale in the DC Ranch community.

Instead, the charter-school network will purchase land adjacent to Scottsdale Preparatory Academy for a new K-5 school and a sports complex.

Great Hearts had explored investing $4.5 million to develop athletic facilities on city-owned land off 91st Street and Trailside View. In return, residents would have had a usable park on what is currently vacant land.

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