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Hobbs appreciates but rebuffs Peoria lawmaker’s …

4/7/2024
Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bid by House Speaker Ben Toma to require that any American government course needed for high school graduation include at least 45 minutes of instruction about the …

Beam marks end of phase of Chandler school rebuild

4/6/2024
The Chandler Unified School District is paying more than $30 million to rebuild Galveston Elementary School, which originally opened in 1963, as part of what it’s calling a “campus …

Local student named to dean’s list

4/6/2024
Madison Hepner of Scottsdale has been named to the 2023-2024 winter term dean’s list at Oregon Institute of Technology. Hepner studies Environmental Science option-Water. Recipients of the …

Local student makes dean’s list

4/5/2024
Bennett Allen of Scottsdale, made the fall 2023 Dean’s List at the University of Puget Sound for achieving at least a 3.7 grade-point average, completing all of their enrolled courses without …

Higley USD committee recommends override, $83M bond

4/4/2024
A “citizens committee” appointed to study Higley Unified School District’s financial issues has recommended the district’s governing board put a 15% maintenance and operations …

Chandler-area speech contest winners announced

4/3/2024
The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes held its 10th Annual Rotary International Four-Way Test Speech competition the morning of April 2. A student from each of Chandler Unified School District’s …

Central Arizona College receives $1.1M grant

4/2/2024
Central Arizona College was recently awarded a $1.1 million Perkins Grant from the U.S. Department of Education in partnership with Arizona Western College, Yavapai College, and Center for the Future …

Cesar Chavez' grandson teaches Chandler students 'Si …

3/31/2024
​Andrés Chávez, the grandson of César Chávez and executive director of the National Chávez Center, was at Frye Elementary School in Chandler this week to as part …

Higley USD mum on incoming superintendent's status

3/31/2024
The Higley Unified School District and its leaders are staying quiet after the district’s incoming superintendent was placed on administrative leave from his job in El Paso, Texas.  

Chandler district spends almost $2M on iPads for a …

3/30/2024
​The Chandler Unified School District Governing Board approved one of its larger single technology hardware purchses of the year March 27 when it OKed the only action item of its regular meeting. …

With bond off table, Gilbert Public Schools considers …

3/29/2024
Gilbert Public Schools will forgo an attempt to acquire a bond this fall to address its capital needs, but the district will ask voters for permission to sell two plots of land it owns.   …

Chandler schools to consider revising eight policies

3/28/2024
​While complete resolution is what happened after in a lengthy discussion at Chandler Unified School District’s March 27 Governing Board meeting, a start and a general plan emerged. …