While Superintendent Lynn Robershotte gives a tour through Gilbert's Edu-Prize School, a young boy runs up to tell her hello.

While Superintendent Lynn Robershotte gives a tour through Gilbert's Edu-Prize School, a young boy runs up to tell her hello.

Higley Unified School District Associate Superintendent Denise Birdwell will become the district’s interim superintendent starting Friday .

Mesa Unified School District Superintendent Deb Duvall was named Superintendent of the Year by the Arizona School Boards Association. She will now represent the state at the national competition in Florida in February.

Mesa school district's Associate Superintendent Michael Cowan said he is ready to lead the largest school system in the state if given the chance later this year.

The Higley Unified School District governing board is expected to discuss at Thursday’s school board meeting whether to search for a new superintendent or start contract negotiations with Superintendent Denise Birdwell.

Higley Unified School District Superintendent Denise Birdwell will begin negotiations with the district attorney on a new contract after the governing board voted unanimously Thursday to keep her in the district.

It’s not the matchup everybody expected. Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is being challenged by a 29-year-old nonprofit director who has campaigned by traveling the state in a big yellow school bus.

It’s not the matchup everybody expected. Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is being challenged by a 29-year-old nonprofit director who has campaigned by traveling the state in a big yellow school bus.

The Tempe Union High School District Governing Board on Tuesday named Kenneth Baca the new superintendent of schools effective July 1.

Mike Cowan, who will take over as superintendent of the Mesa Unified School District on July 1, has been elected to the board of the Arizona Business & Education Coalition. Also elected was Arizona School Boards Association's Panfilo Contreras, Catalina Foothills School District's Mary Kamerzell, Deer Valley Unified School District's Virginia McElyea and Maricopa County Community Colleges' Maria Harper-Marinick. The coalition is a group of business and education leaders coming together to advocate public education for kindergartners through 12th-graders.

Mesa schools superintendent Debra Duvall was the recipient of this year’s Educational Excellence in Leadership Award through the Education Research and Development Institute summer conference.

Maria Menconi, superintendent of the Kyrene Elementary School District, will retire in June, a year before her contract was to expire.

A new two-year contract for Gilbert Unified School District Superintendent Dave Allison will be considered by the district’s governing board Tuesday night.

Former Higley Unified School District superintendent Joyce Lutrey is one of three finalists for superintendent of Cecil County Public Schools in Elkton, MD.

Dave Allison was named as the new superintendent of the Gilbert Unified School District at Tuesday night’s school board meeting.

The Tempe Union High School District has narrowed its superintendent search to five candidates.

Gilbert Unified School District will begin looking for a new superintendent now that the governing board has accepted Dave Allison’s letter of retirement.

Higley Unified School District Superintendent Denise Birdwell will be reviewed through a revised evaluation Dec. 3 after the governing board approved the new tool Thursday.

 About two hundred parents packed a Higley Unified School District board room Thursday night to complain about high turnover of teachers and what they believe is poor district leadership.

When Higley Unified School District governing board members evaluate Superintendent Denise Birdwell, they will likely have a new evaluation tool to use after members discussed a revised version last week.