A Mesa public school elementary teacher has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation.

 Each August, Mesa administrators crunch enrollment numbers and shuffle teachers.

With average class sizes in Mesa schools already larger than many parents and teachers would like, imagine what would happen if funding for 136 teachers were slashed.

Hugs are OK if they are one-armed or last less than two seconds at Mesa’s Shepherd Junior High School.

The Mesa Unified School District Governing Board approved a new evaluation system for teachers and principals at its meeting last week.

Mesa teacher Nancie Lindblom was named the Arizona Education Foundation Arizona Teacher of the Year on Wednesday.

The Mesa Unified School District notified 21 teachers Friday they will not have jobs next year because there will be fewer students.

In some Mesa schools, the fun break during recess is being spoiled by a thief targeting teachers' purses.

The Mesa Unified School District has fired a high school teacher who was charged in a fatal shooting more than 20 years ago.

A former elementary school teacher in Mesa has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the attempted molestation of a child.

Mesa school teachers and staff will get a pay raise next year after four years of salary freezes.

A woman who police discovered dead inside her Mesa home was a longtime and well-loved retired Mesa teacher who spent her life helping friends and family and worthwhile causes, a school district spokeswoman and former colleague said.

When class begins in Mesa schools on Aug. 11, teachers will be in their classrooms for the first time in more than two decades working under an employment agreement many of them do not approve of.

Plenty of things have changed during the 35 years that Dale Hall has taught guitar at Mesa High School. But the songs he uses to teach have remained the same.

Last semester, Dobson High School English teacher Mike McClellan's students examined the plots, characters and themes of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Last semester, Dobson High School English teacher Mike McClellan's students examined the plots, characters and themes of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Mesa police arrested a 25-year-old teacher’s aide who they say repeatedly brushed his hand across the breasts of a Westwood High School student. Kyle M. Hite was released on his own recognizance Friday after spending the night in jail.

October 26, 2004

On Nov. 3, the Mesa Unified School District will ask voters to approve continuation of a budget override tax.

For more than a decade, hourly wages for janitors, bus drivers and maintenance workers hardly budged in the Mesa Unified School District, though teachers saw slight increases along the way.

For more than a decade, hourly wages for janitors, bus drivers and maintenance workers hardly budged in the Mesa Unified School District, though teachers saw slight increases along the way.

The budget challenge facing Arizona schools today is like nothing that’s happened before in Superintendent Debra Duvall’s nearly 27 years with the Mesa Unified School District.

Voters approved a budget override Tuesday, allowing the Mesa Unified School District to keep $35 million annually in its coffers.

Librarians in Mesa want the school district to know they will not go quietly.