Compass High School
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Compass High School is a public charter high school in Tucson, Arizona
. It was founded in 2001. An adhesive-caused fire in August 2010 – right before classes started – damaged parts of the school. Despite these portions being charred, file cabinets were found nearly untouched, and classes started on time thanks to community action.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
. It was founded in 2001. An adhesive-caused fire in August 2010 – right before classes started – damaged parts of the school. Despite these portions being charred, file cabinets were found nearly untouched, and classes started on time thanks to community action.