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Dig Into the Archives: The Shared History of PUSD and Prescott
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Prescott Unified School district is one of the oldest districts in the state. In fact, its founding pre-dates AZ statehood. On this Episode, Mardi and Drew lead us through the unique history of the school district and shine a light on all the ways PUSD and Prescott have intertwined and supported each other. We think this episode will help you feel even more proud to be a Prescottonian and more connected to the people and places that form our common heritage.
OUR CO-HOST
This month, my co-host is Mardi Reed, the Assistant Superintendent for Prescott Unified School District.
Mardi Read’s connection to Prescott and PUSD go deep. She moved to Prescott in 1997 but her father was raised here and her grandmother taught at Prescott HS. Mardi has taught at Abia Judd Elementary School Granite and Mountain Middle School.She has been an Assistant Principal at Granite Mountain Middle School, Curriculum Coordinator in Prescott Unified, Principal at Heritage Middle School, and now, Assistant Superintendent in Prescott Unified. Mardi loves learning about the history and culture of the Prescott area. You’ll hear the passion and excitement in her voice as she talks about how she started this historical research.
OUR SPECIAL GUEST
Drew Desmond - is a History Advisor, Contributing Writer and Secretary of the Board for the Prescott Western Heritage Foundation. Drew was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago. He joined the family business of advertising as a writer but his life got disrupted by a visit to Prescott in 1986. Drew decided to retire here but he was hard-pressed to find a reason to wait that long and moved to the area 25 years earlier than planned.
Drew founded the #PrescottAZHistory blog and commenced spending over 1000 hours a year reading old newspapers, periodicals, and books to provide the research necessary for his weekly articles. Drew is no dusty, dry historian, but is a passionate teller of colorful and relevant stories about our hometown.
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