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The Safford Unified School District is the school district that serves the City of Safford,
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and some minor outlying areas.


Headquarters

The SUSD Headquarters (District office) is located adjacent to the Safford Middle School campus.


Transportation

SUSD Transportation (often called the Bus Barn) is responsible for the transportation of all district students. The SUSD Transportation division's main facility is located across from Safford High School.


Facilities

The Safford Unified School District operates and maintains six schools.


Elementary (Grades K-6)

*Lafe Nelson Elementary School (LNS) *Ruth Powell Elementary School (RPS) *Dorothy Stinson Elementary School (DSS)


Middle Schools (Grades 7-8)

*Safford Middle School(SMS)


High Schools (Grades 9-12)

* Safford High School (SHS) * Mount Graham High School (MGHS)


Other facilities

* Safford Center for the Arts (CFA) *SUSD District Office (RAC)


Mascot

The mascot for all Safford schools (with the exception being Mount Graham High School) is the Bulldog.


Legal Cases

'' Safford Unified School District v. Redding'', a case involving the
strip search A strip search is a practice of searching a person for weapons or other contraband suspected of being hidden on their body or inside their clothing, and not found by performing a frisk search, but by requiring the person to remove some or al ...
of Savana Redding, a 13-year-old student of Safford Middle School, reached the
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in 2009. She was suspected of distributing prescription-strength Ibuprofen pills due to the accusation of another student found with pills, although no pills were found. The Supreme Court found that the search violated the Fourth Amendment, but
qualified immunity In the United States, qualified immunity is a legal principle that grants government officials performing discretionary (optional) functions immunity from civil suits unless the plaintiff shows that the official violated "clearly established statu ...
foreclosed the suit against the individual
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s; the Court remanded the decision as to Safford's liability to the lower courts.Cornell Law School website
Accessed June 25, 2009.


References


External links

*{{official website, https://www.saffordusd.com/
Safford Unified Schools Information
School districts in Graham County, Arizona