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House Speaker Ben Toma, R-Peoria
Hobbs appreciates but rebuffs Peoria lawmaker’s communist history bill
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 … more
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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 reimagination project.” The school recently celebrated the completion of the first phase of the project, marking the final beam being placed on what will be the new 81,000-square-foot main building.
Beam marks end of phase of Chandler school rebuild
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 … more
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Bennett Allen of Scottsdale, made the fall 2023 Dean’s List at the University of Puget Sound.
Local student named to dean’s list
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 … more
Bennett Allen of Scottsdale, made the fall 2023 Dean’s List at the University of Puget Sound.
Local student makes dean’s list
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 … more
Vanessa Shepherd expresses to the Higley Unified School District Governing Board her support for a citizens committee recommendation to put an override continuance and a bond question on the November ballot.
Higley USD committee recommends override, $83M bond
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 … more
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Leela Raj-Sankar, a Hamilton High School student, took first place in this week’s 10th annual Sun Lakes Rotary’s Four-Way Test speech competition.
Chandler-area speech contest winners announced
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 … more
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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 of several days of events in the East Valley devoted to celebrating his late grandfather, who would have turned 97 on Sunday.
Cesar Chavez' grandson teaches Chandler students 'Si se puede'
​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 … more
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Nate Carman the incoming Higley Unified School District superintendent, has been placed on administrative leave by his current employer, Socorro Independent School District in El Paso, Texas
Higley USD mum on incoming superintendent's status
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.   more
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At its March 27 meeting, the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board approved a nearly $2 million purchase of 2,800 iPad tablet computers for district second-graders
Chandler district spends almost $2M on iPads for a single grade level
​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. … more
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Elementary Education Executive Director Jason Martin addresses the Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board about whether two properties once set aside for elementary schools will be needed in the future.
With bond off table, Gilbert Public Schools considers land sale
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.   … more
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Chandler Unified board member Jason Olive speaks during a March 27 meeting. Olive said little, but appeared frustrated with board member Kurt Rohrs in discussions of teen safety, as did two other board members.
Chandler schools to consider revising eight policies
​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. … more
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Gilbert Public Schools Associate Superintendent Bonnie Betz, right, addresses the governing board about placing a maintenance and operations override on the ballot as assistant superintendents Shawn McIntosh, left, and Jared Ryan listen.
Gilbert Public Schools will ask voters for override again
For the second consecutive year, Gilbert Public Schools will go to voters to ask that they extend the district’s 15% maintenance and operations budget override.   The difference is if … more
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