Montessori classrooms provide a popular, hands-on, student-driven approach to education. Several East Valley schools offer the option for young children.

A public forum was held Tuesday night to introduce the two finalists for superintendent of the Tempe Union High School District. The finalists are Kenneth Baca and Greg Wyman.

It boils down to money.

The Tempe Union High School District governing board has recommended Steve Adolph as the new superintendent.

Tempe Union High School District’s community education program has unveiled an extensive range of academic and enrichment summer camps and classes to challenge and inspire students in grades two through 12.

The Tempe Union High School District will start the search for a new superintendent this month after Steve Adolph announced his retirement late last week.

Small school size and diversity.

August 22, 2004

New textbooks supporting various subjects taught in the Tempe Union High School District will be presented to the governing board at the April 4 meeting. Textbooks will be available in the district office board room for public review and comment from April 5-18. The board will vote April 18.

The Tempe Union High School District is seeking feedback on community education programs. A community survey is available on the district's website at www.tuhsd.k12.az.us.

From musical theater to karate to making movies with Legos, spring means new classes through the Tempe Union High School District community education department.

The Tempe Union High School District is getting a new assistant superintendent for human resources.

June 4, 2004

July 15, 2004

The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to Tempe Union High School District by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its comprehensive annual financial report.

The Tempe Union High School District partnered with Chevron two years ago to facilitate sustainability projects at the seven different high schools around Tempe and Ahwatukee Foothills.

Tempe Union High School District Superintendent Shirley Miles will resign at the end of the school year. But the news didn’t come as a shock to some.

A group of Tempe and Ahwatukee Foothills residents is mobilizing to urge voters to vote yes. And yes. And yes again.

Tempe Union High School District wants to eliminate more than two dozen jobs and reduce its teacher recruiting efforts and early-release days as part of an effort to balance its 2008-09 budget.

Even the critics agree the idea sounds great: Slash bureaucracy by merging some of the state’s countless school districts. That should free up more money to spend on classrooms and improve test scores by streamlining the educational system.

Superintendent Ken Baca will hold the next open communications event with the Tempe Union High School District community 1 p.m. Nov. 22 at Corona del Sol High School, 1001 E. Knox Road. Parents, community members and staff are welcome to attend. For more information, see www.tuhsd.k12.az.us.

The Tempe Union High School District Governing Board on Tuesday named Kenneth Baca the new superintendent of schools effective July 1.

The Tempe Union High School District has narrowed its superintendent search to five candidates.

A million-dollar budget shortfall in the Tempe Union High School District has librarians worrying about their jobs and some Guadalupe students concerned about their school’s future.