Gilbert Unified School District governing board member Traci Klein surprised the board Tuesday night with her resignation, according to two board members.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the district office, 140 S. Gilbert Road.The board will hear an analysis of AIMS test results, and possibly approve an agreement with the East Valley Institute of Technology, for technical education.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the district office, 140 S. Gilbert Road.

Gilbert Unified School District's governing board voted Tuesday to reinstate a 2 percent salary increase for administrators.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board will change the way it votes after confusion during a meeting last month.

The Gilbert Education Association will host a forum for the three school board candidates 5 p.m. Thursday at Mesquite High School, 500 S. McQueen Road. Newcomers Staci Burk, Blake Sacha and Shane Stapley are seek two open spots on the five-member governing board for the Gilbert Unified School District.

The Gilbert Unified School District is moving forward with filling a governing board position after member Shane Stapley stepped down last week because he is moving out of the school district.

Local businesswoman Adelaida Severson was named Wednesday as the newest member of the Gilbert Unified School District governing board.

Four Gilbert residents have been chosen to be interviewed out of the 13 applicants who applied for the vacancy on the Gilbert Unified School District board, said Hope Olguin, elections specialist for Maricopa County Superintendents Office.

The Gilbert Unified School District is encouraging community members to offer suggestions that could possibly replace the controversial Campo Verde High School name.

No one can accuse Elaine Morrison of not speaking her mind.

The Gilbert Unified School District board agreed to a new contract for its superintendent Tuesday night, including a pay-for-performance plan and an optional bonus clause for the first time.

Six candidates have applied for an open position on the Gilbert Unified School District governing board. The post, which opened when Linda Rollans resigned in December, runs through December 2008. Candidates will be interviewed by a three-member panel of employees at the Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools office.

In 1993, the Gilbert Unified School District had 14 schools and less than 13,000 students. Since then, the district has opened 25 schools and grown to 38,000 students

Gilbert residents interested in applying for the governing board vacancy in the Gilbert Unified School District have until Oct. 23 to apply.

Van Dunham announced Tuesday he plans to resign from the Gilbert Unified School District governing board because he is moving out of the district.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board will discuss the bargaining process for teachers' contracts during a 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday at the district office, 140 S. Gilbert Road.

Gilbert schools may lose elementary art classes, see bigger class sizes and experience cuts to programs if current budget levels are not maintained, district leaders told the governing board.

Adelaida Severson was chosen Thursday by the Gilbert Unified School District as the nominee to fill a vacancy on the governing board.

Four of Gilbert’s elementary schools leaped from "performing" to "excelling" in one year. Finley Farms, Islands, Playa del Rey and Towne Meadows elementary schools all made large gains in the percentage of students who excelled on Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards test last year, earning them the top label in a state report released Thursday.

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 approved Superintendent Dave Allison’s performance pay for November and December during a vote Dec. 18.

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.

A decision by the Gilbert Unified School District governing board April 9 means a junior high principal will remain in his job next school year.