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Jim Bishop, a Southwest Airlines pilot who is working with the Chandler Unified School District as a parent, brought us up-to-date on the district and talked about the bond election. He has a freshman and seventh grader in the school system and has worked as a volunteer in the classroom. He was introduced by Jim Patmos.He talked about new schools, such as the Knox Gifted Academy, which is a back-to-basic grade school; and the Keith Hill Learning Academy, which helps troubled kids who may drop out and run the risk of being incarcerated or be involved with a teen pregnancy.Jim said the CUSD has an A rating from the Arizona Department of Education, the largest district in Arizona to receive an A rating two years in a row. “Every school had the top rating in all categories,” Jim said. “This happened because of great administration and great teachers.”