Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center

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The Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center (AAEC) is a chain of public charter high schools focusing on early college students with concurrent enrollment in community college classes with tuition costs paid for by AAEC. [1] The schools are located on college campuses in collaboration with Maricopa County Community College District and Yavapai Community College. The system was founded in 1997 with the establishment of the South Mountain campus. Since then, the chain has been expanded to incorporate five separate campuses, which are located within the Greater Phoenix Valley area and Prescott Valley.

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In 2024, the Prescott Valley AAEC campus was named a Blue Ribbon School for High Performance by The U.S. Department of Education. [2]

Campuses

Controversies

In October 2025, Cory Kapahulehua, a former teacher at the AAEC Mesa campus, was sentenced to 187 years in prison after engaging in sexual misconduct with 2 underage students who he had met while working for the school. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Story". Arizona Agribusiness and Equine Center. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ Staff (December 1, 2024). "AAEC in Prescott Valley Named U.S. Blue-Ribbon School - Signals AZ". Signals AZ -. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Teacher Gets More Than 180 Years in Prison for Sex with Teen Students". Maricopa County Attorney's Office. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
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