Gilbert district schools will continue to offer free, full-day kindergarten next school year following a vote Wednesday night by the governing board.

Gilbert district schools will continue to offer free, full-day kindergarten next school year following a vote Wednesday night by the governing board.

One week after a 2-2 vote by the Gilbert Unified School District governing board put into question future discussion about a budget override ballot issue, an agenda was posted showing the board will vote on the matter Wednesday night.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board failed to approve Tuesday night future discussion about placing a budget override renewal on the November 2013 ballot.

I’ve been gone too long, my friends. But yet, I’ve always been here.

There will be 589 graduates receiving diplomas from Gilbert High School this year.

Mesquite High School will graduate 446 students this year. Students have been awarded just over $6 million in scholarships.

Higley Elementary and Middle School is undergoing a transition to a back-to-basics style of instruction in 2013-14 - the inaugural school year as “The Higley Traditional Academy.”

BASIS Mesa, the acclaimed charter school's newest campus, is taking shape as construction crews move dirt and the school's new leader takes her first steps to recruit students and hire teachers.

The Gilbert Unified School District expects more savings and revenues next year than anticipated, which could help the district with its expected $6 million shortfall, Superintendent Dave Allison told the governing board April 9.

Everytime a baby with Down syndrome is born in Arizona, Virginia “Gina” Johnson knows about it.

A Mesa man is denying accusations that he assaulted three teachers and the principal at his son's elementary school.

Words struggled to exit her throat: “They let us see him. I sat there, behind the curtains and sobbed and hugged my son’s leg. I pleaded, Oh God, Oh God! How can I live without him?” Ten years ago, this month, this East Valley mother buried her only son.

On Jan. 16, students from 14 Valley schools gathered at Gilbert’s Higley Center for the Performing Arts for the Building Bridges program to fight bullying in schools. In May of last year, Kyrene Altadeña Middle School students participated in the Bully Academy Webquest, an online course involving reading articles, watching videos about bullying and most importantly, talking about it. After all, this is about how young people learn to express their emotions. In November 2011, students from Chandler’s Tarwater Elementary School spent a day focused on kindness, respect, and friendship.

School districts have begun enrolling children for next school year’s preschool and kindergarten-prep programs, and several parents may wonder whether their children are ready for such programs or even what their children could learn in preschool.

A preschool wall in Mesa is covered in words, colors and pictures.

During a recent school day in Mesa, two girls in the district’s preschool program at the Mesa Education Center practiced writing the names of their classmates at a small desk. Another group of girls “washed” their babies in a pretend tub.

Arizona lawmakers want to create a special license plate benefiting public school educators.

Hundreds of parents attended the kindergarten roundup open houses held the last week of February at Higley Unified School District’s eight elementary campuses.

Hundreds of parents attended the kindergarten roundup open houses held the last week of February at Higley Unified School District’s eight elementary campuses.

State lawmakers voted Tuesday to give more money to at least some schools willing to stay in session longer.

Supporters of Gov. Jan Brewer’s performance-based education funding model for school districts and charter holders say concerns about the formula’s effects on schools in low-income areas don’t take into account the bigger picture.

I am not a parent, which means that in addition to the many times I am envious of those who are, at times I am grateful not to be one.