East Valley Tribune - Education

Higley voters defeat school district override

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:07:29 -0700

Unofficial results Tuesday night showed voters in the Higley Unified School District deciding against a budget override that would help the district’s youngest students.

Voters approve override for Mesa schools

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:51:53 -0700

Voters approved a budget override Tuesday, allowing the Mesa Unified School District to keep $35 million annually in its coffers.

Higley voters defeat school district override

Charter schools snagged by payment mix-up

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:58:29 -0700

A disagreement between state officials on to change timing of its monthly payments to charter schools is reportedly causing problems for some operators and employees.

School districts roll out H1N1 vaccine

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:15:17 -0700

The first school-based H1N1 vaccine clinics rolled out this week in Maricopa County.

Higley teacher dies from H1N1 flu

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:46:35 -0700

Gail Stapleton, 51, an English teacher at Higley and Williams Field high schools, died Friday of respiratory complications from asthma and the H1N1 flu.

Recommended Mesa school changes outlined

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:46:25 -0700

The first public reading of recommended changes in the Mesa Unified School District will be made during a governing board study session 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the board room, 549 N. Stapley Drive.

News from Gilbert, Queen Creek schools

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:02:47 -0700

Sell back candy, help out troops

Mesa schools place hopes on override's OK

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:21:50 -0700

The Mesa Unified School District has trimmed $60 million from its budget the last two years. And district officials fully expect a midyear budget cut in the next few months.

Firebird offering driving course for teens

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:23:10 -0700

Arizona teens who are newly licensed drivers or who hold a valid learners permit can get free training in specially equipped vehicles that simulate hazardous road conditions.

Higley override would help youngest grades

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:15:07 -0700

The Higley Unified School District is asking voters to approve a budget override Tuesday that would help the district's youngest students.

Birdwell reviews year for Higley parents

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:46:18 -0700

Three parents came out Wednesday to listen to a Higley Unified School District overview of the year by Superintendent Denise Birdwell.

ASU Polytechnic campus wins 'green' award

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:02:40 -0700

The academic complex at Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus in east Mesa has received a gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council for its environmentally friendly design and construction.

H1N1 vaccinations at schools next week

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:29:44 -0700

School-based H1N1 vaccine clinics will begin Monday in Maricopa County, and parents can register their children now online.

Plan on midyear cuts, school districts told

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:59:06 -0700

Education proponents painted a grim picture Monday evening for school board members trying to grapple with the state of their district budgets.

Is Bill Gates real secretary of education?

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:12:46 -0700

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been the biggest player by far in the school reform movement, spending around $200 million a year on grants to elementary and secondary education. Now the foundation is taking unprecedented steps to influence education policy.

Ariz. may relinquish polygamist area district

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:38:54 -0700

PHOENIX — A school district serving a remote area of northern Arizona and southern Utah long dominated by a polygamist sect is poised to emerge from a state takeover implemented nearly four years ago because it finances were in disarray.

'Strongest man' visits Gilbert school

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:49:50 -0700

ED Xtra blog: The youngest World’s Strongest Man competitor, Kevin Nee, visited Gilbert Elementary School Friday to kick off the school’s Red Ribbon Week. Nee, a Phoenix 24-year-old, talked about making healthy choices to grow up big and strong.

College tuition cost rising again this fall

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:42:15 -0700

Average tuition prices rose sharply again this fall as colleges passed much of the burden of their own financial problems on to recession-battered students and parents.

Campo Verde creating leaders of the packs

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:44:15 -0700

Challenges filled the half-day of school Friday at Campo Verde as students engaged in some friendly competition, met new friends and bonded with their pack.

Slideshow: Pack Attack

EVIT to vote on east Mesa building plans

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:17:45 -0700

A career and technical training school in west Mesa is awaiting approval to expand its campus to the east near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, ASU Polytechnic and the site of a planned mega-resort.