Overview
- Phoenix Union’s board, which met Thursday, voted to start a formal renaming and to use the interim name Champions Circle High School to keep the CCHS initials before graduation.
- The district said the stopgap name helps diplomas match the school name on state records with the Arizona Department of Education.
- Leaders outlined a community process with a renaming committee, listening sessions, and a vote that could come as soon as May, with the full rebrand expected to take up to a school year.
- The district put the price at about $2.3 million to replace signs, uniforms, gym floors, and football turf, and to remove window wraps and etched quotes on campus.
- The board also retitled this year’s Cesar Chavez holiday to Farmworkers Appreciation Day, aligning with recent state and Phoenix city steps to drop Chavez’s name and setting up likely reviews of nearby Chavez‑named sites in Laveen.