Linking user_meta to taxonomy (and pulling user_meta data)

gistfile1.php

	<?php
	$queried_object = get_queried_object();
	$term_name = $queried_object->name;
      
      	$users = get_users( array( 'meta_key' => 'school_name', 'meta_value' => $term_name, ) );
      	// users have user_meta stored that matches (exactly) the "school" and "sorority" taxonomies
	// so let's get all users based on their CURRENT taxonomy association 
	// meaning, that if we are on taxonomy "School" > term "Harvard University"
      	// we'll get all users that have meta_key "school_name" AND meta_value "Harvard University"
      
	if ( $users ) {
				  
          $bloggers = array(); // setup array 1
          $school_chapters = array(); // setup array 2
          $school_views = array(); // setup array 3
        
		foreach( $users as $blogger ) {

            	// if the user has the role "contributor", the user is "active"
        	 // only store and save values to these arrays if we are dealing with "contributors"
            
			if ( $blogger->roles[0] == "contributor" ) { 
                  
                    		// store array 1 = blogger array
  				$bloggers[] = array ( 'first_name' => $blogger->first_name, 'last_name' => $blogger->last_name, 'user_login' => $blogger->user_login, 'school_name' => $blogger->school_name, 'role' => $blogger->roles[0], 'id' => $blogger->ID   );
								
                    		// store array 2 = school_chapters array
  				$school_chapters[] = array ( 'chapter' => $blogger->chapter_name, 'school_name' => $blogger->school_name, 'school_slug' => $blogger->school_slug, 'sorority_name' => $blogger->sorority_name, 'sorority_slug' => $blogger->sorority_slug, 'role' => $blogger->roles[0]  );
                
                	} 
                
                	// we want to get view counts, though, for ALL users (including inactive "subscribers")
                	// so we'll remove if condition above that only looks for users with the contributor role
               
        		 // store array 3 = school_views array
			$school_views[] = array ( 'first_name' => $blogger->first_name, 'last_name' => $blogger->last_name, 'user_login' => $blogger->user_login, 'views' => $blogger->total_user_postviews, 'sorority_name' => $term_name );

			
		}
	}
            
	// now we need to regroup and resort the data above so it's nice and oragnized for us to use!
      	// setup array $regrouped
	
	$regrouped = array();
      
      	if ( $school_views ) { // if we have views (there must be articles for views)
  		foreach( $school_views as $top ){  // loop through all user 
			$regrouped[$top['school']] += $top['views']; // get 'views' key and add together
		}	
	}
      
	$school_views = $regrouped[$term_names]; // great, now everything is added and can be echoed out for a full count (echo $school_views for total school views count)
    		
	if ( !empty ( $school_chapters ) ) {
		$school_chapters = array_map( "unserialize", array_unique( array_map( "serialize", $school_chapters )));
        	
        	// use array_map to get array values and array_unique to dedupe based on key values
		sort( $school_chapters ); 
	}
           
	?>