A data-sharing agreement has been approved between the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Valley and the Apache Junction Unified School District.
The AJUSD governing board voted 4-0 Dec. 9 to approve a memorandum of understanding with Boys and Girls Clubs of the Valley. Board member Judy Williamson was absent.
The board did not discuss the document prior to the vote.
The agreement will allow the club to share student information with the district, enabling appropriate support and tutoring for participating students, Robert Pappalardo, AJUSD superintendent, told the board during a Dec. 2 work session, according to the work session’s written minutes.
Data to be shared includes student demographics, academic performance, attendance records, behavioral data and program participation, it states in the agreement.
“BGCAZ and the district desire to collaborate to improve student outcomes by sharing certain student data for the purpose of providing targeted support services and educational interventions through the 21st Century Community Learning Center program,” it states in the agreement.
AJUSD has three elementary schools; a K-5 school designed to provide students with a traditional, liberal arts education; a junior high school; and a high school. The district boundaries run from Meridian Road on the west to the town of Queen Valley on the east and from the Goldfield Mountains to the north, south into the San Tan Corridor. Communities served include Apache Junction, Gold Canyon, Peralta Trail, Queen Valley and unincorporated Pinal County land in-between.
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Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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