Kyrene to have 2 school board openings

Denise Birdwell: We at the Higley Unified School District would like to provide our community with updated information regarding our budget and staffing for the upcoming school year. We approached the budget savings using two strategies: budget reduction and staffing reorganization. We were pleased with the input we received from our stakeholders through surveys, parent forums, individual school site meetings, the teacher association, and administrative meetings. Difficult decisions were made to keep our district financially stable.

The Parent Teacher Organization at Coronado Elementary School in the Higley Unified School District is seeking water and snack donations to give students a boost while taking the AIMS test March 30 to April 3. The PTO wants to provide bottles of water and enough snacks for 750 children throughout each of the five days of testing.

The Queen Creek Unified School District will be closed for spring break for the next two weeks. School will resume on March 23.

Gilbert Unified School District officials were told within weeks of hiring Indira Dias that she was yanking and shoving her autistic students, and publicly berating her four aides.

ASU is beginning a wide-ranging reorganization of its largest academic programs in order to cut $6 million from the budget this school year.

Editor's note: This is an open letter to John Huppenthal, Arizona's superintendent of public instruction.

The Higley Unified School District governing board approved a $52.4 million budget Thursday night for the 2009-10 school year, although as with all school districts, it’s a waiting game to see what the actual numbers will be once the state approves its budget.

A Mesa mom was shocked Tuesday when she learned her 4-year-old child had been tied down to a chair at preschool, but she was even more surprised to learn that what happened isn't a crime.

Rep. Rick Murphy: What often gets lost in all of the rhetoric of the administrative side of school tuition organizations (STOs) is that at its core, these programs benefits kids — kids whose needs go beyond our public education system, kids whose parents choose the right school with the right fit so that their children will learn and flourish.

After a somewhat-controversial redistricting process Ahwatukee Foothills has been included in a newly formed Congressional District, and now the race is on to see who will represent it in 2013.

After a somewhat-controversial redistricting process Ahwatukee Foothills has been included in a newly formed Congressional District, and now the race is on to see who will represent it in 2013.

Thirteen Gilbert residents have applied to fill the vacancy on the Gilbert Unified School District governing board after board member Traci Klein abruptly resigned earlier this month.The deadline to apply was 5 p.m. Friday.

August 13, 2004

A University of Arizona physician has taken the first political steps in her bid to do medical marijuana research at state-run schools.

Arizona legislators violated the state Constitution when they diverted proceeds from the state land trust to help balance the budget, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

At the Sept. 9 Gilbert Town Council meeting, Mayor Steve Berman attacked the Tribune, calling it negative and unsupportive of the town.

WASHINGTON - Congress is considering an emergency aid package that would spend well over $1 billion a day during the next month on housing, clothing and other recovery needs for Hurricane Katrina victims.

About this series: The Tribune is following Ben Shafer as he prepares to dive into a new career as a high school music teacher. His first day of school is July 27 in the Chandler Unified School District.

Arizona's higher education leaders are demanding more money from students, while also exploring legal options to reduce tuition for some immigrants.

September 23, 2004

East Valley school districts are preparing for sweeping changes in the way they are required to teach children who do not yet speak English.

Phoenix Mountain Pointe football coach Phil Abbadessa stepped down this week from his post atop the Pride program after three seasons on the job.

July 18, 2004