Akira Japanese Restaurant owners stand inside the newly opened eatery. // SB Williams
By Sara Beth Williams– A new Japanese restaurant debuted on June 6 and has already received high praise from reviewers on Yelp.
Akira Japanese Restaurant co-owner Anna Doan said business has been okay since the grand opening but noted a lull in foot traffic between 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. Operating hours have adjusted and now lunch runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and dinner runs from 4-8:30 p.m. The hours are extended to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Hours are posted on the restaurant’s front entrance.
The decision to open in Citrus Heights was influenced by the restaurant space’s previous existence as a Vietnamese eatery, offering a smaller, more manageable space, Doan said. She also cited the surrounding high-density residential area on Greenback Lane as advantageous.
Doan is Vietnamese, but said her co-owner brings twenty years of experience cooking Japanese cuisine.
The restaurant emphasizes the use of fresh ingredients. Its menu features a variety of authentic Japanese dishes, including sushi, ramen noodles, and teriyaki. Lunch Bento Boxes range from $14.99 to $19.99, offering options like Chicken and Salmon Teriyaki, Chicken and Oyster Katsu, and more. Vegetarian and kid-friendly boxes are available as well. The menu also includes a selection of beers, wines, desserts, and sake.
Plans are underway to expand the menu with additional raw sushi and sashimi choices. Doan aims to increase advertising efforts once the menu has been fully updated.
“Hopefully the business will go well, and hopefully we’ll be able to expand,” Doan said, adding that this is the first restaurant she and her business partner have operated.
Akira Japanese Restaurant is located at 6191 Greenback Ln., near the corner of Auburn Boulevard.
A 2.3-acre lot listed for $1.1 million. // SB Williams
By Sara Beth Williams– A 2.3-acre lot on Mariposa Avenue near Old Auburn Road has been re-listed at more than double the price the lot sold for last year, following Planning Commission approval in April for a tentative subdivision map to divide the 2.3-acre property into five parcels.
According to real estate site Zillow, the lot sold for $500,000 in October 2023. According to prior reports, plans to subdivide the lot into five parcels were submitted to the city shortly afterward and drew criticism from nearby neighbors and the previous owner who contested the proposed loss of parking spaces and the higher-than-expected number of proposed parcels.
At an April 24 Planning Commission meeting, four members of the Commission voted to approve the request to subdivide the lot at 7401 Mariposa Ave. into five parcels. Chair Natalie Price, Commissioner Marcelle Flowers, Commissioner Thomas Scheeler, and Commissioner Andrew Van Duker voted in favor of the subdivision.
Vice Chair Oleg Shishko recused himself from the vote because he lives within 500 feet of the property site. Commissioner James Remick was absent from the meeting.
Representatives of former lot owner Citrus Heights Fellowship told The Sentinel after the April 24 meeting that they did not plan to appeal the decision.
Zillow shows the lot was relisted on May 2 for $1.1 million. The five parcels are outlined in the listing, with the largest L-shaped parcel totaling 37,700 square feet, two smaller lots of 18,400 square feet each, and two more lots of 10,600 square feet each.
*Editor’s Note: The publisher of the Sentinel lives within 500 feet of the proposed project. A staff member who does not live near the project was intentionally assigned to cover this story.
Sentinel staff report– Latest police logs in Citrus Heights show a drop in vehicle violations, theft and suspicious circumstances calls, while seeing an increase in animal control service calls, homeless-related calls, code enforcement, traffic accidents, and incidents of violence and threats.
A summary of the most recent seven police logs are included below, from June 6-12, 2024.
Animal control: 79 (up from 53)
911 hangups: 54 (up from 53)
Code enforcement: 72 (up from 36)
Traffic accidents: 37 (up from 32)
Vehicle violations: 267 (down from 324)
Theft: 28 (down from 34)
Homeless-related: 39 (up from 22)
Vandalism: 5 (up from 3)
Violent/threats: 36 (up from 23)
Disturbance: 104 (up from 102)
Suspicious circumstances: 181 (down from 193)
All incidents: 1393 (up from 1392
See full police activity and arrest logs on the city’s website: click here.
Citrus Heights police resumed publishing of daily incident logs in March 2023. The department notes that its logs “are not intended as a full and complete list of all police activity,” with some information not displayed for legal reasons, such as arrests of minors. As such, police advise that summary totals based on public logs may differ from weekly incident and arrest totals posted by police on social media.
The department notes on its website that: “All arrested suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty. Additionally, the original crimes, nature of offenses, and charges may be amended or dismissed as further information is made available.”
Editor’s Note: police log summaries are published with assistance from AI but edited by humans. Please contact us if you spot an error.
By Sara Beth Williams– A woman’s dog is dead after being attacked in the shopping center parking lot off Lichen Drive in Citrus Heights on Thursday night.
Citrus Heights Police confirmed that officers were called to the shopping center on the corner of Antelope Road and Lichen Drive at 8:37 on Thursday, June 13, to investigate a dog attack. The dog suffered serious injuries and passed away, according to police.
Animal Services officers immediately impounded the aggressor dog and are investigating the case, police said. Additionally, Animal Services wants to declare the aggressor dog “a vicious animal.” The Police Department did not confirm the breed of the dog, but the animal was described as a Pit Bull on social media.
One witness recounted the event to The Sentinel and called the attack “horrific.” The witness alleged that the owner of the aggressor dog was homeless and left the dog in the bushes “off its leash.” The dog got loose, “came across two lanes of traffic,” and attacked the woman’s small dog while it was in her arms.
The owner of the dog that was attacked declined to comment to The Sentinel, but she and other witnesses recounted the event on social media and said many people came to help break up the attack between the aggressor dog and the victim dog. The owner of the dog who was attacked said she rushed her dog to an emergency vet hospital, where the dog passed away from its injuries.
After the incident was posted on social media, many residents expressed their condolences. One woman said she witnessed the attack from the shopping center parking lot and said the dog “needs to be put down.”
Anyone with information about the dog attack is encouraged to contact Animal Services at (916) 725-7387.
By Sara Beth Williams– Community health workers in Citrus Heights have enrolled 95 unhoused individuals as clients within the last eight months in the Community Healthworks program, according to the city.
In partnership with the Sacramento County Department of Homeless Services and Housing and the City of Citrus Heights, the Community HealthWorks nonprofit has employed two outreach health workers who interact directly with the unhoused population in order to communicate and offer a multitude of services.
During a presentation to the City Council on June 13, the Community Development Department reported enrollment numbers and cited an active caseload of 59 individual unhoused clients. The program, since Oct. 1, has placed seven homeless clients in permanent housing, 17 clients in transitional housing or shelters, and has referred 39 clients to California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM).
CalAIM is intended to help Medi-Cal enrollees who are experiencing homelessness, especially those who have complex physical or behavioral health needs, and provides the individual with an Enhanced Care Manager.
Clients who are placed in permanent housing, transitional housing, shelters, or rehab facilities are exited from the Community HealthWorks program. Other clients can be dis-enrolled due to disappearance, inability to contact, death, or other circumstances.
Through funding allocated by District 4 Supervisor Sue Frost, Community HealthWorks provides two health workers for the city of Citrus Heights who work 20 hours each week, including one full day dedicated to office hours at the Living Water Church. The caseworkers also work in Fair Oaks, Orangevale, and Carmichael throughout the week.
Citrus Heights Housing & Human Services Program Coordinator Nicole Piva reported to the council that Community HealthWorks has provided 2,300 services to unhoused clients in Citrus Heights. Provided services include case management, assistance with government benefits, support in obtaining social security cards, ID cards, and driver’s licenses, goal setting conversations, obtaining medical, mental, and substance abuse assistance, resume and job application support, assistance with housing deposits and applications, transportation to and from appointments, and support with food, clothing, and hygiene items.
Scott Young, with Community HealthWorks, spoke about several success stories and outlined how the organization has helped break down barriers in order to find housing for local homeless individuals.
“We look at everybody’s needs individually, and everyone’s barriers are different,” Young said, adding that the program also works to reunite homeless individuals with families when shelter beds are not available.
Young said the process of working with individuals is “not an automatic process” but described it as a “one-to-one” process between case workers and individuals who are ready and willing to seek help.
Between March 1-15, the Citrus Heights Police Department conducted an internal count of homeless individuals and found 108 unhoused individuals in Citrus Heights. Comparatively, the Police Department counted 95 homeless individuals in 2023.
During the 2024 count, 79 individuals gave permission to be contacted by community health workers. The city said Community HealthWorks case managers are reaching out to 24 new clients who were identified as never receiving assistance from the program beforehand.
During the presentation to City Council, the city also presented Point In Time (PIT) count numbers released on June 5 by the nonprofit Sacramento Steps Forward. According to the report, 62 people were counted as unsheltered in Citrus Heights.
The PIT count report details percentages of sheltered and unsheltered individuals throughout each city and unincorporated areas of Sacramento County as well as an overall percentage for the entire county. Comparatively, the report from 2022’s PIT count found 89 unsheltered individuals in Citrus Heights.
Twenty-five volunteers assisted in the count on Jan. 24. The PIT count is typically conducted over one night.
Community HealthWorks did not say whether they were able to identify or cross-reference any of the unsheltered individuals that were counted during the PIT count with their own caseload. An account of the volunteers who took part in the PIT count was not immediately available.
Community health workers are available on Mondays on site at Living Water Church located at 7605 Lauppe Ln.
On Tuesdays, workers are located at the Stock Ranch Nature Reserve from 3 to 4 p.m. Workers are also available by appointment to assist clients on a one-to-one basis.
Individuals in need of information regarding services can contact 211 and dial 8, or visit the city’s information page online here.
By Mike Hazlip– As a young man, Citrus Heights Councilman Tim Schaefer’s father warned him that, if he ever called for help from a police station, he would be on his own.
Years later, 16-year-old Schaefer would find himself doing just that after an ordeal that lasted for hours and captured national attention.
Late in the afternoon on Aug. 17, 1977, Schaefer was kidnapped along with several passengers on a city transit bus in Santa Cruz, California. While riding the bus home from work, Schaefer said a man came forward from the back of the bus with a rifle. The gunman asked the driver, Ann Gagnon, if she knew the location of a remote community called Bonny Doon. Then the gunman ordered Schaefer and the others to the back of the bus and demanded the driver take them 20 miles up into the Santa Cruz mountains.
Schaefer’s fellow passengers included an elderly woman with a bag of groceries and two male college students, one of whom was a visually impaired exchange student from Germany who spoke broken English, he said.
With the Santa Cruz community on the heels of two highly publicized serial killer cases in the early to mid-1970s, Schaefer said he feared for his life. During the drive up the winding mountain roads, Schaefer recalled calculating his odds of overcoming the gunman and decided the elderly woman and college students would not be able to help.
“I’m too young to die,” Schaefer said. “I’m not going to go down without a fight.”
The gunman, later identified in news reports as Thomas Benton Wilson, said he was taking the hostages to the Bahá’í retreat center. The story is recounted in a 1977 article in the New York Times.
Upon arriving at the retreat center, Wilson took Schaefer and the other passengers off the bus and led passengers to the dining hall, where about 70 people were gathered for a meal.
“[In the dining hall, the gunman] puts his back against the wall, pitches his knee up, and puts the rifle on his knee and says, ‘Okay, you five people that were on the bus, you can leave. But you can’t take the bus,’” Schaefer recalled.
Schaefer and the college students headed for the main road but lost track of the bus driver and elderly woman. After reaching the road, Schaefer and the others tried to flag down a Volkswagen van turning into the retreat center, but the driver ignored their actions.
Minutes later, the same van returned and stopped outside the entrance. One of the college students explained what they’d just endured to the van’s driver.
While Schaefer debated his next steps, “an army” of law enforcement personnel arrived.
“It was a cavalry coming over the hill with a parade of Santa Cruz, County Sheriff, and helicopters,” Schaefer said, adding that he later learned that Gagnon and the other passenger contacted authorities from a nearby cabin.
“I started to get choked up,” Schaefer said, realizing he was safe.
The transit authority retained Schaefer and the others in a circle of vans away from the approaching media. Schaefer said the police wanted to interview the passengers first before the media.
By this time, Schaefer and the others were several hours into their ordeal. Someone brought fruit from the bag of groceries the elderly woman had left on the bus.
Authorities continued negotiations with Wilson for hours, according to archived news reports from the Santa Cruz Public Library. An archived report by the New York Times said Wilson demanded the release of an inmate, and demanded that a man named Charles Kimbro be charged with killing Kimbro’s own son. The Times reported that Kimbro’s family members said his son was alive.
During the ordeal, members of the Bahá’í retreat center prayed and sang gospel songs during the ordeal, attempting to calm the gunman, the Brownsville Herald reported. Around midnight, Wilson surrendered peacefully without harming any hostages, according to archived reports.
Authorities transported Schaefer and the other passengers to the Santa Cruz police station for questioning without notifying his parents, he said. After providing statements, he was finally allowed to contact his father from the station.
“I got my dad on the phone and said, ‘I’m down at the police department, and I need you to come pick me up,’” Schaefer recounted, adding that his father told him no, and, “You got yourself into a mess.”
After seeing the headlines of the kidnapping on the local news, Schaefer said his father called back. When his father arrived, Schaefer said he was compassionate and concerned, asking him if he had been shot.
In the months following the ordeal, Schaefer gave depositions and planned to testify against Wilson; then he began receiving threatening phone calls. The District Attorney told Schaefer that the calls were from Wilson, who was in custody. Authorities limited Wilson’s telephone access to stop the calls, Schaefer said.
The Santa Cruz Independent reported that Wilson was committed to a state hospital after a judge ruled he was insane at the time of the kidnapping.
According to the report, Wilson’s public defender, Larry Biggam, told the Independent, “I am convinced the defendant did not understand the difference between right and wrong and was completely delusional at the time of all the charges.”
Today, Schaefer wonders what became of Wilson and the other hostages, but he will never forget seeing his father arrive at the police station.
“I started to get choked up when I saw my dad after he showed up at the police department; it was like, finally somebody who cares about me, somebody who knows me, who’s my family.”
City officials from Sacramento joined representatives of Sacramento Steps Forward at a June 5 press conference announcing a 29 percent decrease in people experiencing homelessness. // M. Hazlip
By Mike Hazlip– A point-in-time count of unhoused individuals found just over 60 homeless individuals in Citrus Heights.
Results of the Point in Time (PIT) count survey, which is conducted every two years by Sacramento Steps Forward, were released June 5 and revealed a 29 percent decrease in overall homelessness throughout Sacramento County.
In a June 5 press conference in downtown Sacramento, Chief Executive Officer for Sacramento Steps Forward, Lisa Bates called the results “good news,” saying 2024 represents the first time the study has recorded a decrease in overall homelessness.
Several volunteer teams canvased Citrus Heights and surrounding communities in late January in order to obtain a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals. A Sentinel reporter rode along with volunteers conducting the count on the night of Jan. 24 and observed volunteers contacting about four individuals who said they were homeless in the areas of Rusch Park, Sylvan Corners, and other nearby shopping centers.
Citrus Heights Homeless Assistance Resource Team Chair Irene Hronicek told The Sentinel at the time of the count that the Winter Sanctuary program saw an increase in guests coming in from the cold, wet weather.
In an email to The Sentinel on June 5, Hronicek added that weather could be a factor in the low numbers released in the report.
“I think the folks we were looking for were hunkered down somewhere dry, or inside somewhere, even more difficult to locate,” Hronicek said.
Individuals participating in the Winter Sanctuary program are considered “sheltered” and should still be included in the overall count, according to Homelessness Management Information System and Data Analytics Director Dr. Trent Simmons.
“The count, overall, includes folks who are experiencing homelessness on the streets, but it also includes folks who are experiencing homelessness in shelter because homelessness, as defined by HUD, is anyone who lacks a regular fixed nighttime residence,” Simmons told The Sentinel in an interview following the press conference.
In breaking down the data further, Simmons noted that while “unsheltered” homelessness declined by 41 percent, “sheltered” homelessness saw an uptick by two percent. Simmons attributed the shift to greater shelter capacity.
When asked if weather could be a factor in this year’s low unsheltered homeless rates, Simmons said there are several factors that influence the PIT count.
Simmons called the Point In Time count “somewhat of a blunt instrument” that gives a “snapshot” that is added to a broad range of data collected from other sources. Simmons also pointed out that conducting the count during winter months may make it easier to count individuals sleeping in shelters, thus giving a more accurate count.
Hronicek said her organization completes an online survey from Sacramento Steps Forward where she reports the number of unhoused staying in shelters. According to the report, only the unsheltered numbers were provided for each jurisdiction, while overall percentages for “sheltered” were provided for the county.
In a phone call with The Sentinel on Wednesday, local homeless community advocate Alfred Sanchez called the results “hard to believe,” and estimated the actual number of people experiencing homelessness in Citrus Heights to be in the hundreds.
“They’re going around at night on a cold and rainy night, they’re hunkered down. You’re not going to find them,” Sanchez said, adding that the circumstances and time in which the count was taken is “part of the problem.”
Sanchez, who regularly delivers snacks and connects with homeless, estimated seeing about 25 people on one of his routes and another 50 on another route. Sanchez also said he is seeing more new faces, something he attributes to the police activity in neighboring areas.
An email to Sacramento Steps Forward Media Relations Manager Pat Macht seeking clarification on the total homeless population in Citrus Heights was not immediately returned by press time.
PIT counts are required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care Program, which provides funding for efforts to end homelessness. Counts are conducted every other year in Sacramento County, with the exception of years during the peak of the pandemic.
The 2022 PIT count found 89 homeless individuals in Citrus Heights, and a 2019 PIT count found 45 homeless, while a 2017 count found 188. The data has conflicted with separate counts conducted by the Citrus Heights Police Department, which have typically reported much higher numbers. The police department’s 2024 count found 108 homeless individuals.
Councilman Tim Schaefer responded to the report during the June 13 meeting, criticizing the nearly six-month time frame in releasing the 2024 homeless PIT count.
“Taking six months to generate this report is outrageous,” said Schaefer, referencing the time lapsed between the count in January and the official report being released in June. “If we can’t get a report that says this is how many homeless people we have, it’s hard for us to set policy on that.”
Schaefer’s comments were echoed by Vice Mayor Jayna Karpinski-Costa, who expressed skepticism at the accuracy of the count in comparison to police department findings.
“We waited six months for a bunch of numbers that, to me, don’t mean anything,” she said.
The Veterans Community Center is hosting their annual Spaghetti dinner fundraiser June 22. // SB Williams
By Sara Beth Williams– The Veteran’s Community Center is holding an annual spaghetti feed fundraiser on Saturday, June 22.
This year’s event will feature a silent auction with several gift baskets and other gifts available, as well as live music from Uncle John’s Band. Silent auction tickets will be sold at the entrance, and winners will be chosen near the end of the evening. Dinner will include spaghetti with meat or vegetarian sauce, salad, and breadsticks. Limited beer and wine will also be available for purchase.
The event will run from 5-8 p.m., and tickets can be purchased in person at the Veteran’s Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The annual fundraising event is one of the center’s largest of the year, according to Laurie Thornton, administrative assistant and event organizer with the Veterans Community Center. Thornton said the center is 100 percent reliant on donations and conducts three to four fundraising events per year to raise money for purposes of upkeep. Donations also allow the veterans center to serve lunch to veterans four days a week.
Last year’s spaghetti dinner featured live music from pop-soul band Moonglow. A video from the 2023 spaghetti dinner fundraiser event can be viewed here.
“It’s fun, a lot of camaraderie,” Thornton said, adding that she anticipates close to one hundred attendees. This year, tables will be set up outdoors in long, “family-style” fashion. The spaghetti dinner is one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the center, Thornton said. Other fundraisers throughout the year include an annual yard sale and Christmas tree and wreath donations for active duty military personnel and their families. The center also hosted a BBQ Luau lunch buffet fundraising event in August 2023 according to their website.
The Veterans Community Center was originally the Sylvan Schoolhouse and later served as the Citrus Heights Community Center for over 40 years before Citrus Heights became a city and expanded into newer, more modern facilities.
Tickets are $25. The Veteran’s Community Center is located at 6921 Sylvan Rd.
The corner of Mariposa Ave. and Madison Ave., facing east. // SB Williams
By Sara Beth Williams– The Citrus Heights City Council on Thursday unanimously approved awarding a contract to FBD Vanguard Construction, Inc., for the repair of a section of a retaining wall along Madison Avenue in Citrus Heights that was damaged in a vehicular crash in December.
According to the city, repair costs will total $189,000 and will be covered through insurance claims resulting from the accident that caused the damage. Additional costs will be funded with existing Measure A maintenance fund. The city’s General Fund will not be impacted.
On Dec. 1, 2023, a passenger vehicle turning left onto Madison Avenue from southbound Mariposa Avenue ran a red light and collided with a Republic Services refuse vehicle that was traveling eastbound on Madison Avenue. The crash resulted in the Republic Services vehicle losing control, crossing the raised median, and impacting the wall located behind the sidewalk on the north side of Madison Avenue, east of Mariposa Avenue.
The city was able to clear the debris and stabilize the wall to prevent further damage. Initially, the city said it requested repair estimates from two on-call contractors and found the estimates to be “exorbitant.” Contractors explained that limited workspace and the unique design of the sound wall contributed to higher costs.
Dokken Engineering, an on-call structural engineering consultant company, began to develop a design for the repair of the wall at the end of January, and on May 23, the city opened bids for the 2024 Madison Avenue Retaining Wall Repairs Project. After evaluating the bids, the city determined that FBD Vanguard Construction, Inc. submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid, which totaled $159,878.
The property owner and tenants of the home adjacent to the damaged wall have been notified of plans for repairs and have signed a permit to enter and construct agreements, according to the city.
The entrance gates to the Mesa Verde Stadium are now secured with padlocks. // SB Williams
By Sara Beth Williams– Mesa Verde High School’s new stadium was vandalized over last weekend, marking at least the fourth time the stadium has faced vandalism since opening.
On Monday, school staff posted on social media that individuals broke into the stadium and tried to pry the main door and the shutter doors off the concession stand.
Citrus Heights Police confirmed that a representative of Mesa Verde High School reported two incidents of vandalism on June 10 to the Police Department. According to the police, vandals damaged multiple storage containers, a shed, and the concession stand. Police told The Sentinel on Tuesday that the department is actively investigating the criminal acts, which reportedly occurred in the early morning hours of June 10.
The cost of the damage was not immediately available. Police did not indicate how many individuals were involved.
“We take reports of burglary and vandalism very seriously, especially when it impacts our schools,” Citrus Heights Police Sgt. Joseph Aguilar said.
Mesa Verde High School Varsity Football Coach Leonard Casillas told The Sentinel that individuals caused “major damage” to the security doors, but didn’t get inside the snack bar.
“It’s very unfortunate and disappointing that someone would do that,” Casillas said, adding that it was upsetting to students at the school.
The San Juan Unified School District reported via email on Wednesday that the district has reviewed camera footage of last weekend’s vandalism and submitted a report to the Citrus Heights Police Department.
District Director of Communications Raj Rai also told The Sentinel that four incidents of vandalism have occurred on the new field this year, three of which involved fireworks. Two weeks ago, fireworks were set off on the field, causing damage to some of the turf. Rai said the district is currently coordinating with a contractor to make repairs.
“Vandalism and people messing with the stadium started as soon as they broke ground,” Mesa Verde High School Athletic Director Travis Miller told The Sentinel this week, adding that staff has seen evidence of people driving through on dirt bikes, and construction equipment has been stolen.
Construction equipment has also been driven over the turf in the past, permanently damaging it, Miller said, adding that nearly every weekend, individuals have attempted to break into the press box, snack bar, and storage containers.
Elsewhere on campus, Miller said cameras have been stolen from the soccer storage sheds.
To combat nighttime vandalism, Rai said the district employs a Maintenance and Operations Department dispatcher who monitors campus cameras during overnight hours. Rai added that the district regularly coordinates calls with the Citrus Heights Police Department and Sacramento County Sheriff regarding suspicious activity.
“We also ask our neighbors and community members to report any suspicious activity or behavior they observe on our campuses to law enforcement,” Rai said.
The district earmarked $10 million in funds in 2022 to use for updating and modernizing campuses across the district.
In an August 2023 presentation to the City Council, San Juan Unified School District Executive Director of Labor Relations Daniel Thigpen outlined several areas of concern that the district is addressing, including out-of-date camera systems, internal door locking mechanisms, and perimeter fencing.
As of August, multiple Citrus Heights school sites have already received fencing upgrades. Several more local schools were also scheduled to receive upgrades during the 2023-24 school year, but Mesa Verde High School, Lichen K-8, and Kingswood K-8 were not scheduled to receive fencing upgrades until the 2024-25 school year.
“I’m optimistic that when the fencing goes up we’ll see less of this,” Miller said.
