More than 40 families camped out in the field at Gilbert's Spectrum Elementary School during the annual family camp out.

With construction costs higher than estimated, voters in the Gilbert Unified School District may not see all of the projects completed as they were outlined in a 2005 bond election.

Coronado Elementary School is hosting a McDonald's Night 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the McDonald's on Queen Creek Road near Power Road in Gilbert.

Gilbert's newest school finally has a name. Ridding the building of its impersonal title as “elementary 28,” the Gilbert Unified School District board officially approved Quartz Hill Elementary School’s name at a meeting Tuesday.

Of four options presented to Spectrum Elementary School parents for a new school, two stood out among the rest.

Spectrum Elementary School principal Michael Hallock will be transferring at the end of the school year to open Gilbert Unified School District’s 28th elementary school.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board has approved $5.1 million in renovations at Mesquite Elementary School.

Tempe school superintendents urged business leaders on Friday to help schools in some of the more impoverished areas in the East Valley.

October 23, 2004

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A beloved half-day kindergarten teacher from Gilbert's Spectrum Elementary School died on Saturday, according to district officials.

School districts across the East Valley are keeping busy over summer break as they prepare to open new schools in the fall.

With school open just a few weeks, parents at Gilbert’s newest elementary school have already raised $32,000 to purchase shade structures for the playgrounds.

Gilbert Unified School District has taken the first step toward completing its newest school as the governing board approved pre-construction services at its meeting Tuesday night, where officials also approved teacher salaries for the next school year.

A Gilbert Unified School District teacher plans to contact a lawyer in an effort to return to her firstgrade classroom at Ashland Ranch Elementary School after the governing board approved what she calls a "forced resignation" Thursday.

Principal Kathy Burke would like to see after-school clubs for sewing, theater and science started at her Queen Creek school.

About 250 Spectrum Elementary School parents attended a meeting Wednesday night to give input on a new elementary school that’s being built to relieve crowding at Spectrum.

A boundary change to accommodate a new elementary school in Gilbert was tabled Tuesday night to allow for more community input.

A Gilbert mother is furious at her 5-year-old son’s elementary school for dropping him off at a bus stop and leaving him alone.

After soliciting input, the Gilbert school board threw parents a curveball Tuesday night and approved a boundary plan for its newest elementary school that the public hadn’t previously seen.

December 7, 2004

An anticipated fifth high school for the growing Gilbert Unified School District is taking a back seat to the district’s need for a 28th elementary school.