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Gilbert Public Schools is providing transportation for its students to East Valley Institute of Technology classes.
East Valley district sees EVIT busing change as possible long-term model
Gilbert Public Schools says its move to resume transporting students to EVIT has improved reliability and could shape future transportation agreements. more
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The Litchfield Park Governing Board
Litchfield district reviews new child-abuse reporting, DCS access policies
Litchfield Elementary School District employees with direct knowledge that a child has been abused or neglected would be required to immediately report it to the Arizona Department of Child Safety … more
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The Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board approved the use of therapy dog teams on its campuses during the consent agenda portion of its Aug. 25 meeting.
East Valley district approves therapy dog partnership for campuses
Gilbert Public Schools approved an agreement with Angel Dogs/East Valley K9 Services allowing trained staff-and-dog therapy teams to work with students and staff on district campuses. more
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Kathleen Richards ran for the Higley Unified School District Governing Board in 2024 and now is a write-in candidate for a two-year seat in the November election.
Contender disputes claims surrounding Higley school board write-in candidacy
Higley school board write-in candidate Kathleen Richards says she learned of Scott Glover’s resignation the morning it happened and rejects suggestions of a coordinated effort to secure a spot on the November ballot. more
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The Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board, seen from the dais during a meeting Oct. 14, 2025, in Phoenix, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
West Valley school district looks to expand special ed services beyond its borders
The Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board will consider an agreement Tuesday that would allow students from the Madison Elementary School District to receive specialized special-education services at Deer Valley Unified’s Vista Peak campus. more
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Higley USD has a board seat to fill after the resignation of Scott Glover. It will be done by write-in election.
Higley school board vacancy headed to November write-in election after court ruling
Higley Unified voters will choose between write-in candidates Travis White and Kathleen Richards in November after courts ordered Scott Glover’s vacant board seat onto the ballot. more
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Chandler Unified Governing Board member Kurt Rohrs speaks at a recent meeting. Rohrs led an effort to block a land acknowledgement reading at CUSD board meetings and graduation ceremonies at an Aug. 19 regular meeting.
East Valley school leaders debate land acknowledgement
An agenda item presented only as an information item turned out to be a main focus of the Chandler Unified Governing Board’s Aug. 19 meeting. A land acknowledgement statement about the … more
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The International School of Arizona is raising $10 million for a new gym and renovations to its building’s third floor.
Scottsdale’s ISA hosting fundraiser new gym, renovations
The International School of Arizona, 9522 E. San Salvador Drive, is hosting a fundraiser Friday, Aug. 28, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Donations will go toward the school’s $10 million project to … more
Andy Brill is one of the Chandler Police Department’s school resource officers. The latest resource officer annual contract between the Chandler Unified School District and the city of Chandler was approved by Chandler Unified’s Governing Board at its Aug. 19 regular meeting, though not unanimously.
East Valley school board OKs resource officers, but non unanimously
Chandler Unified’s Governing Board will have at least nine school resource officers for the rest of the 2026-27 school year. The CUSD board’s decision, usually approved without much discussion, … more
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Dr. Josh Baker, O.D., M.S., Midwestern University president and CEO, left, looks on at the work an optometry student is doing on a computer screen in the university’s virtual reality training lab. Midwestern has a campus in Glendale as well as one in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Midwestern University campus grows, next phase begins in Glendale
Dr. Josh Baker will be inaugurated as the 10th president of Midwestern University on Sept. 14 at the postgraduate medical school’s North Glendale campus. But he has been on that job a year and … more
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Josh Bazzell completes school resource officer tasks in 2021. The latest resource officer annual contract between the Chandler Unified School District and the city of Chandler is one of the action items on the agenda for the CUSD Governing Board’s Wednesday, Aug. 19 regular meeting.
East Valley school resource officer contract on board agenda
On the heels of a couple of regular meeting nights that had a relatively light workload, the Chandler Unified Governing Board has a few more items to tackle on the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, … more
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Scottsdale Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel said discussions about future school closures are hard but necessary.
SUSD moves forward with school closures phase II
The Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board is moving forward with Phase II of its school closure plan and wants to hear what the public thinks about it. The board has set the time … more
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