When Dugan’s Dairy Farm in Chandler closed its public tours last year, Casey Stechnij decided to fill the gap and open his family dairy farm to the public.

Carpe Diem Collegiate High School and Middle School, a nationally accredited, publicly funded charter school, is opening two new EduCenters, one in Mesa and one in Scottsdale, to join the school's other two EduCenters in Yuma and San Tan Valley.

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

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.

Arizona’s largest school district is planning a major expansion of high school programs to give students the option of attending smaller, more specialized campuses.

Arizona’s largest school district is planning a major expansion of high school programs to give students the option of attending smaller, more specialized campuses.

November 15, 2004

Rising Hispanic enrollment in the Mesa Unified School District has forced increased diversity in the classroom — but not on the governing board.

It took Suzanne Young a full year to learn the landmarks and find her way around the Washington-Escobedo neighborhood.

Mesa residents, taxpayers and parents can learn more about how the school district's budget works during a set of community meetings in the next month.

“This is My Mesa” is the theme of the campaign to get citizen input, as required by state law, for the city's General Plan Update. Mesa will hold a series of community workshops during late March and early April. The workshops use the iMesa village concept by inviting people to look forward almost 30 years to 2040 and imagine the type of community they would like to have.

Mesa’s police and fire departments are facing $4.3 million in service cuts next year — including the elimination of an emergency response ladder company — according to budget reports obtained by the Tribune.

Concerns about public safety, economic development and revitalizing downtown formed the bulk of a discussion about what residents felt aspiring Mesa leaders should focus on right away if elected.

The first public reading of recommended changes in the Mesa Unified School District will be made during a governing board study session 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the board room, 549 N. Stapley Drive.

No students were hurt Friday in a minor crash involving two school buses from the Mesa Unified School District.

With the closing of two junior high schools as neighborhood campuses for next school year, the Mesa Unified School District will hold hearings to create new junior high attendance boundaries.

Three or four Mesa students have developed the “superbug” staph infection known as MRSA this semester, Mesa Unified School District officials said Saturday.

October 26, 2004

President Barack Obama is coming to Mesa’s Dobson High School on Wednesday morning.

November 5, 2004

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