Funding at Mesa Public Schools
Learn more about how Mesa Public Schools spends taxpayer dollars.

In 2018, the Mesa Public Schools community approved a $300 million bond for capital projects. Learn more about how the district used these funds to improve student learning and experiences.

Proposed expenditures:

• Facility renovations and improvements: $167 million
• Transportation upgrades: $46 million
• Technology updates: $87 million

Actual expenditures as of June 30, 2021

• Facility renovations and improvements: $50 million
• Transportation upgrades: $24 million
• Technology updates: $44 million

Mountain View High campus modernization

• Developed through master plan with community, staff and student involvement
• Renovated classrooms, library, front office (pictured right)
• New addition to the Performing Arts Center
• New athletic fields

Mesa High campus modernization

• Developed through master plan with community, staff and student involvement
• New athletic fields
• New SciTech building
• New Student Services building

Building improvement examples include:

• Roof renovations: $10 million
• HVAC updates and repairs: $2 million
• Weatherization (exterior paint and sealing): $3 million

240 fuel-efficient vehicles purchased so far including:

• 150 special education buses
• 70 regular education buses
• 20 vans for McKinney Vento students

In-classroom technology achievements

• Tablet-style touchscreen laptop and docking station for all teachers and certified staff.
• Fully 1:1 student-to-device district. Secondary schools take home devices, while elementary schools use laptop carts in each classroom. 
• All classrooms have wireless display presentation technology for innovations in learning.
• By summer 2022, all elementary classrooms will have a Diversitrack mounted TV that allows the teacher to slide the display from one side of the white board to another. High schools and junior high schools will follow.
• All high schools have an eSports program, with gaming equipment and computers. Club membership is growing dramatically, and district leadership intends to expand the program to more schools.
• Over 250 Cisco Touch10 video collaboration systems facilitate virtual meetings in schools throughout the district for improved collaboration.
• Mesa Virtual Campus was outfitted with wide-screen monitors and virtual collaboration technology to serve the 1,000+ students who choose virtual learning.

Infrastructure achievements

• Over 7,000 wireless antennas installed throughout the district to improve internet quality.
• By 2022, all schools will have single mode high-speed fiber optic cable.
• Upgrades in Wide Area Network (WAN) and internet pipe, along with network switches at secondary schools with elementary upgrades in 2023.
• New additional primary Data Center installed off site to enhance security.