Tolleson Union High School District Breaks Ground on Local Training and Community Resource Center
The district’s new Training & Learning Center will provide district educators with training and gathering space while offering families access to community services.
- TUHSD’s 90,000-square-foot Training & Learning Center will serve district professionals with office and support spaces as well as community training and event space.
- The facility will expand TUHSD’s current Resource Center efforts, increasing its range of services for local families and students.
- The project is anticipated to complete in Spring 2027 with an accelerated construction schedule.
TOLLESON, Ariz. (March 3, 2026) - Tolleson Union High School District (TUHSD) broke ground on its new 90,000-square-foot Training & Learning Center (TLC), located along 99th Avenue, North of Camelback Road. With DLR Group as the architect, supported by Root Architects, and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. (McCarthy) as the general contractor, the facility will serve as a hub for the district’s 780 educators and residents within the District’s West Valley community.
Expected to complete in Spring 2027, the facility will boast multiple large training rooms as well as an outdoor terrace for use in teacher and administrator trainings, community meetings, and large-scale gatherings. In addition, TLC will provide office and administrative space for key district departments, such as information technology and human resources. With TLC supporting District expansion, Tolleson plans to maintain operations and school board meetings at its current office on 99th Avenue and Van Buren Street.
“We are very excited about adding a new Training and Learning Center in Glendale, Arizona,” said Superintendent Jeremy Calles. “This new facility will allow professional development opportunities for our staff so that they can better serve our students in the classroom. We are also very excited about the addition of our brand-new Family Resource Center that will be built into this facility. We will be able to offer a variety of services to our families and connect them with partners to help them with whatever they may need, including connecting with social services and outside agencies that can provide assistance. Additionally, this facility will provide space for our Distance Learning Academy staff and house several of our departments.”
Beyond facilitating training opportunities, TLC will expand the district’s community services through its Family Resource Center, a public-facing portion of the facility. Programs such as food and clothing assistance, medical and legal support, and access to computers will help serve West Valley families well beyond the education the district provides to its students.
TLC is designed with state-of-the-art finishes and collaborative gathering spaces to create a modern facility that invokes a sense of pride and innovation throughout the district. Teachers will have access to support spaces to help facilitate unique educational programs with students and their parents.
“This Training & Learning Center is more than a gathering space,” said McCarthy project director Paul Kubik. “It represents a culture of community at the heart of Tolleson’s approach to supporting its educators and local families. We feel very fortunate to assist the district, DLR Group, and Root Architects in creating a space that fosters collaboration between its schools and develops partnerships with local residents.”
With the district’s construction of a new 2,400-student high school, set to open in Summer 2027, TLC will serve as an integral space for planning educational programs, onboarding new educators, and supporting the growing TUHSD community.
About Tolleson Union High School District
The Tolleson Union High School District, serving the educational needs of approximately 14,000 high school students across seven comprehensive high schools, an online high school, and two alternative programs, is dedicated to providing a quality education that reaches across four municipalities, Tolleson, Phoenix, Avondale and Glendale. Committed to academic excellence, innovative programs, and preparing students for post-secondary success, our district emphasizes the development of critical thinking, creativity, and lifelong learning. With a strong focus on equity and community partnerships, the Tolleson Union High School District strives to ensure that every student has the opportunity to succeed both academically and personally.
About DLR Group
Celebrating 60 years in 2026, DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering sustainable, human-centered solutions for communities locally and globally. The firm’s architects, engineers, interior designers, and planners collaborate with public and private sector clients to create projects with long-lasting social, economic, and environmental value. Fast Company named DLR Group among the World’s Most Innovative Companies for its industry-leading adaptive reuse strategies: innovative design that serves clients and communities while significantly reducing carbon emissions.
DLR Group’s promise is to elevate the human experience through design. As a 100% employee-owned firm, DLR Group fosters a culture of ownership and accountability that shapes its daily practice and drives its commitment to sustainability initiatives, including the 2030 Challenge, the China Accord, and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
About McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country, with nearly 160 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that spans all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes.
With approximately 7,400 salaried employees and craft professionals, the firm has offices in St. Louis; Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Kansas City, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Austin, Channelview, Dallas, and Houston, Texas; and San Diego, Newport Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee-owned. More information is available at www.mccarthy.com.
Media Contacts
For Tolleson Union High School District
Joseph Ortiz
Email: joseph.ortiz [at] tuhsd.org (joseph[dot]ortiz[at]tuhsd[dot]org)
For DLR Group
Brad DePrez
Email: bdeprez [at] dlrgroup.com (bdeprez[at]dlrgroup[dot]com)
For McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Patty Johnson
Email: pattyjohnson [at] connections-marcom.com (pattyjohnson[at]connections-marcom[dot]com)
