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Scottsdale Unified votes to close 2 schools
The Scottsdale Unified School District school board voted on school closures at its Tuesday night meeting.
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AZ district celebrates student attendance progress
Schools across Arizona continue to grapple with chronic absenteeism rates, but the Tolleson Elementary School District is actually celebrating significant progress in student attendance. We sat down with Gisselle Herrera to learn more.
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New elementary school strengthens Luke AFB, local community connection
A new elementary school near Luke Air Force Base will strengthen the connection between the installation and its surrounding community, while creating another source of support for Airmen and their families. Troy Gilbert Elementary School is named in honor of U.S. Air Force Maj. Troy L. Gilbert, a former F-16...
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Scottsdale gymnast excited about competing for the University of Arizona
Scottsdale native JJ Schibel, 18, a University of Arizona (U of A) freshman and a gymnast, loves spending time at Chabad House at the U of A in Tucson. “It creates a sense of community,” Schibel said. “I know the girls on the gymnastics team and the other athletes I’ve met, but I haven’t met many Jewish first-year students who are athletes. Going to Chabad makes the school seem a little smaller because you have a tight-knit group of people.” Although, she said she has connected with another first-year Jewish athlete at the U of A, freshman baseball player Ben Ball, from Chandler.
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Peoria Teacher Questions how Student Safety is Reported
PEORIA, Ariz. — The Peoria Unified School Board showed concern during a Sept. 10 board meeting at the Peoria Unified District Administration Center regarding student safety and wellness following a presentation of outcomes from the 2025-2026 school year given by the interim district superintendent. The Interim Superintendent Tahlya Visintainer...
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Scottsdale Unified board scheduled to vote on school closures
Now, the board will speak. Two weeks ago, the Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board listened – and listened … and listened some more. The Sept. 22 public hearing in the Desert Mountain High School auditorium lasted three and a half hours, allowing SUSD community members to voice their opinions on a most uncomfortable topic:
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Sun Lakes Rotary Club donates dictionaries to Chandler and Gila River students
CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — An East Valley group and school district are doing Something Good in hopes of helping students. The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes is collecting and handing out roughly 4,000 dictionaries to third graders in the Chandler Unified School District and Gila River Indian community. One...
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Scottsdale Unified Keeps Losing Students, Then Asks Taxpayers for $375 Million
Scottsdale Unified’s board votes Tuesday on closing more schools. Days earlier, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office found the district violated the open meeting law while drawing up the options. Four weeks later, voters will decide whether to hand the same district $375 million through a bond. A Decade...
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Booked and busy: OHS juniors managing school, sports, and work
It is notorious nowadays that when students get to high school, there are freshman fears, sophomore slumps, and eventually, junior jitters. When that final bell rings, for most students, the day is far from over. Many students go from school to either work or practice. From changing uniforms in the...
Surprise Independent
Putting students first: My priorities for Dysart schools
OPINION — My name is Lisa Everett, and I am running for the Dysart Unified School District Governing Board. My name will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot, and I want voters to know where I stand on several issues that I believe deserve attention. One of my priorities...
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Prop 320 could pose dire choices to schools
Empe Union High School District could eliminate every administrative position it has and still fall short of the classroom-spending target Arizona voters will consider in the Nov. 3 election. Even eliminating transportation and food service would still leave the district short of Proposition 320's requirement that 60 cents of every...
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Tolleson educator recognized among nation’s top music teachers
TOLLESON, AZ (AZFamily) — A West Valley music educator is headed to Music City to receive a major honor, one of just 30 teachers in the country selected for the recognition. Efrain Casillas, coordinator of music programs for the Tolleson Elementary School District, is being nationally recognized at the 10th anniversary of the Country Music Awards Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence (MTOE).