The Tempe Elementary School District voted unanimously Wednesday night not to rebuild two of its aging campuses.

The Tempe Elementary School District will not expand Ward Traditional Academy to the Bustoz Elementary School campus next year after a motion to do so died with the governing board Wednesday night.

The Tempe Elementary School District governing board could vote Wednesday night on expanding its traditional school option at Ward Traditional Academy to one of its now vacant campuses.

Tempe police say an 11-year-old girl who reported an attempted abduction Wednesday morning admitted later she made up the story.

Staff and students of Tempe's McKemy Middle School learned this week the district is considering closing the school next school year. A letter was sent home with students Thursday afternoon.

Staff and students of Tempe's McKemy Middle School learned this week the district is considering closing the school next school year. A letter was sent home with students Thursday afternoon.

Less than a year ago, Tempe voters approved a $77 million bond campaign for the Tempe Elementary School District. But with home values declining, the district only qualifies now to spend $45 million, forcing school leadership to re-evaluate its plans.

An 18-year-old man trying to cross Broadway Road in east Phoenix near 48th Street, died after he was struck by a school bus from the Tempe Elementary School District.

The Tempe Elementary School District was forced to cut $320,000 to balance its budget on Monday night, but none of those cuts will impact employee positions.

Students and staff at Nevitt Elementary School are mourning the loss of a second-grade teacher known for her enthusiasm and great potential in the classroom.

November 29, 2004

Parents in Tempe may find notices on their doors today — as the Tempe Elementary School District begins a campaign promoting a new traditional school opening in August.

The Tempe Elementary School District governing board will reconsider calendar changes approved for the 2007-08 school year.

Families and children who live near a Tempe elementary school will have access to campus playgrounds after school hours if the Tempe City Council approves a measure Thursday night.

About 80 Tempe middle school students walked out of class Wednesday afternoon, despite pleas from Hispanic lawmakers to stay in school.

Just one day after schools in Tempe were put into lockdown, Mesa’s Dobson High School was partially evacuated Friday following a bomb threat.

Tempe Elementary School District Superintendent Arthur Tate is one of three finalists for superintendent of Davenport Community Schools in Iowa.

Beginning this summer, teachers and principals in Tempe will receive mentorship about how to best serve a population with high risks for failure in school - poverty, language barriers being the two biggest - through a program that aims to help them beat the odds that are against them.

Schools in the Chandler, Tempe Elementary and Coolidge school districts face a range of consequences for not making “adequate yearly progress” under the federal No Child Left Behind requirement.

The superintendent search is not over in the Tempe Elementary School District.

February 9, 2005

Aging neighborhoods, the economy and the state's new immigration law have resulted in fewer kids sitting in most East Valley classrooms.

Parents in the Tempe Elementary School District have started a Web site aimed at giving more people a voice in the future of their children's education.

As a Tempe mother sat in jail Saturday on suspicion of killing her son, police answered questions about what they knew and when after saying officers had been at the family’s home shortly before the shooting.