Mike Cowan, associate superintendent of the Mesa Unified School District, will succeed Debra Duvall as leader of Arizona's largest school system on July 1. The governing board voted 4-0 Tuesday night to appoint Cowan as the new superintendent. Board member Steve Peterson was out ill.

New state data shows the Mesa Unified School District has lost roughly the equivalent of an elementary school of students.

Mesa Unified School District students will have the same calendar for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years.

The competition for students is heating up on Mesa’s west side as the Tempe Elementary School District tries to fill one of its schools with children from the Mesa Unified School District.

The competition for students is heating up on Mesa’s west side as the Tempe Elementary School District tries to fill one of its schools with children from the Mesa Unified School District.

The competition for students is heating up on Mesa’s west side as the Tempe Elementary School District tries to fill one of its schools with children from the Mesa Unified School District.

Mesa school officials will analyze every campus to assess safety measures in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., shootings last month.

Chandler's Summit Academy came to life two years ago during a time of transition in the Mesa Unified School District.

Mesa Unified School District meets the needs of families, according to SchoolMatch.

An ongoing survey shows Mesa parents, teachers and the community are slightly favoring a calendar beginning with the 2013-14 school year that would include two-week fall, winter and spring breaks.

A partnership between the Mesa Chamber of Commerce and the Mesa Unified School District seeks to use more local businesses to provide services and goods to the state’s largest school district.

This spring, the Mesa Unified School District’s governing board will adopt calendars for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years. The board welcomes comments from students, staff, parents and the public.

Declining enrollment means Mesa's 13 junior high schools have space for 3,600 students who aren't there.

A local business purchases advertising space on a vehicle that thousands of children — a sizeable pool of potential clients — ride every school day.

Mesa police are trying to locate a set of bleacher thieves who have stolen more than $20,000 in seating sections of the aluminum grandstands.

To register a student in the Mesa Unified School District this summer, take a certified copy of your child's birth certificate, current immunization record and proof of residence to the Curriculum Services Center, 549 N. Stapley Drive, Mesa.

The Mesa Unified School District will pilot an online program - Student MPS Connect - that includes e-mail, calendar, documents and spreadsheet programs in the fall.

The Mesa Unified School District governing board unanimously adopted calendars for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years during a meeting Tuesday.

The Mesa Unified School District governing board unanimously adopted calendars for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years during a meeting Tuesday.

Mesa may have a new charter school as early as August 2010, one supported by the Mesa Unified School District.

The Mesa Unified School District governing board approved Tuesday night salary freezes for staff, administration and school leadership for the upcoming school year.

Mesa Unified School District leaders and board members took the first step Friday to possibly changing grade levels at some schools, closing other schools, and re-creating how the district offers alternative programs for students with attendance or behavior problems.