Jackie Hai

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  • A run-down “pocket park” near 24th Avenue and Hadley Street. Former Murphy Elementary School District Superintendent Bob Donofrio said its condition brought him to tears.

  • Bob Donofrio, former superintendent of Murphy Elementary School District, visits his old stomping grounds. Donofrio thinks the district is headed for financial ruin.

  • Kids living in the Coffelt housing project near 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road can go to Murphy Elementary School District. But district enrollment has fallen in recent years.

  • Corina Mejia (right) and her grandmother Lucy Romero (left) in front of their home in south Phoenix. Mejia’s family has lived in this area since the 1960s.

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Southwest Phoenix Neighborhoods

Photos for Educators, Business Leaders Look To Revive Southwest Phoenix Neighborhoods.

Published Jan. 10, 2018. Reporting by Matthew Casey.

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