By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune
Phil Alibrandi opposes a move to build a large American Leadership Academy charter school so close to a freeway.
Gilbert resident Phil Alibrandi doesn’t think a charter school belongs on a prime piece of real estate near the San Tan Freeway and Higley Road long envisioned as the future home of a major office complex.
Three Town Council members, spearheaded by Eddie Cook, agreed with Alibrandi and voted against American Leadership Academy’s annexation petition, with Cook arguing that it undermines the town’s general plan and its long-term goal of broadening the tax base.
