The board of the Gilbert Unified School District has a shockingly obvious question — why does anyone but the local community select members of any school board?

The Gilbert school board is suggesting the Arizona School Boards Association’s delegates back changing the law to have local school boards fill their own vacancies, not county school superintendents, as they now do.

The Higley Unified School District governing board's meetings can now be seen on the district's Web site and will be posted about 24 to 48 hours after each meeting, said district spokeswoman Sara Bresnahan.

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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 98th annual Board of Visitor’s charity ball will take place on April 6, 2013 at the Camelback Inn Resort and Spa. Prue Brito, chairman of the Board of Visitors, has announced 38 exceptional Valley high school seniors who will be presented as flower girls at the ball. Two of the girls chosen, Courtney Cox and Megan Crown, are from Ahwatukee Foothills.

Students now in eighth grade will need an additional year of math to graduate from high school under a new policy adopted unanimously Monday by the state Board of Education.

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

Lily Tram is making history as the newest appointee to the Gilbert Unified School District school board.

Next time candidates run for school boards, they might have to post a photograph on the Internet and tell how long they’ve been married and where their children attend school.

Scottsdale school board president Sandra Zapien-Ferrero has come full circle. After falling head-first into an emerging district bidrigging and Open Meetings Law scandal when first elected to the board in 1997, the veteran school board member will end her second term leading her second search for a new superintendent.

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

Town hall meetings in October will bring Paradise Valley school board members to local high schools as a convenience for parents.

Ken Brague, a medical salesman with five children in the Queen Creek Unified School District, was named Thursday as the newest member of the district governing board.

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

TOPEKA, Kan. - Risking the kind of nationwide ridicule it faced six years ago, the Kansas Board of Education approved new public-school science standards Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

The Queen Creek Unified School District governing board will talk about the vision for the district’s aquatic center at a 2 p.m. study session Monday at the district office, 20740 S. Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek.

Results from Tuesday’s election have named new local school district governing board members as well as an approval of the well-known bond initiative for Tempe Union High School District.

Results from last night’s election have named new local school district governing board members as well as an approval of the well-known bond initiative for Tempe Union High School District.

The Chandler Unified School District’s governing board will hear a proposal at 7 p.m. Wednesday to change attendance boundaries for incoming students at Ryan Elementary School.

Being on the school board is thankless and pays nothing and I’d never run for it, not even if I was promised that world peace would break out if I did (although, thinking about it, that would be pretty selfish of me).

Residents going directly to state officials with education concerns foster an environment that erodes local control, members of a panel discussion said Friday to educators from around Arizona.