Education

A week after the public learned the results of the state’s new letter grade system and the subsequent A-F labeling of local schools, a...

The majority of local schools have received lowered A-F letter grades since the scores were last released by the state in 2014.The district will...

As students let out of school for the start of fall break Friday, the Maricopa Unified School District announced yet another administrative change at...

The 2017-18 school year will be the last for Superintendent Steve Chestnut at Maricopa Unified School District, school officials said Thursday. Human Resources Director Tom...

Homecoming Week kicks off for Maricopa High School Monday at 7 p.m. with a flag football game between students and staff at Ram Field,...

Voted one of three “Best of the Best” teachers at Maricopa Unified School District in May, Jennifer Bell said growing up she never thought...

Enrollment at the Maricopa Unified School District is below initial projections, school officials said last week. At an MUSD Governing Board meeting Wednesday, Superintendent Steve...

A longtime employee of Leading Edge Academy in Maricopa was recently awarded “Elementary Teacher of the Year” out of six campuses in the charter...

  The United States will experience a partial solar eclipse on Aug. 21. In Maricopa, the moon will obscure 61 percent of the sun, peaking around...

Two new Central Arizona College textbooks feature a Maricopa woman’s digital artwork on their covers. Taylor Slaughter is a graphic-design major at the Signal Peak...

Sequoia Pathway Academy is seeking accreditation, school officials said. Mariama Jenkins, a spokesman for accrediting agency AdvancED, said the charter school became a candidate for...

Overcrowded buses, eliminated bus stops and poor communication were complaints brought forth by parents during a school board meeting Wednesday night. Community members and parents...

MUSD starts the 2017-18 school year, Historian Doug Hocking talks local frontier history and Council member Henry Wade will engage the public in a...

A union of imagery and sound began when Ivan and Maria Pour wed in 2008. “In our marriage vows there is even something about...

Brothers Brody and Madden Rastad are never far away from Mom, even at school. Brody, 9, is entering fourth grade at Pima Butte Elementary School,...

Maricopa High School is ramping up its school spirit in anticipation for the first day of School on Aug. 7. Banners displaying Ram, the school’s...

The passage of the override and the retention of school staff were two of many deciding factors in a performance-pay plan awarded to the...

Local teenagers participated in the first training for the Maricopa Teen Court Wednesday at Copper Sky. Nearly 25 students interested in becoming officers of the...

Students attending Maricopa High School’s new alternative program, Ram Academy, might not be seated in some of the classrooms intended for them by the...

  Maricopa will soon pilot the only teen court in Pinal County. Teenagers begin a three-day training at Copper Sky on Wednesday, hosted by representatives of...

A new $43 million school budget was approved Wednesday night. The Maricopa Unified School District unanimously adopted its 2017-18 budget after months of deliberation. Working mostly...

  A public hearing for the Maricopa Unified School District’s proposed 2018 fiscal year budget is scheduled to take place Wednesday night. The MUSD governing board...

  The debate over different cost-of-living increases between certified and classified staff at the Maricopa Unified School District caused public concern Wednesday night. Five people, many...

Around 125 high school students will soon enter an alternative program at Maricopa High School. Ram Academy is set to open Aug. 7 for students...

District administrators at Maricopa Unified Schools are preparing to implement a new, equal, sick leave policy for their employees. Beginning July 1, all MUSD...

Sequoia Pathway Academy High School will gain new leadership in the upcoming school year. Former principal Nathan Lamma said he will not be returning....

A man familiar with running the athletic program at Maricopa Unified School District will soon return to the position. Brian Winter will begin as district...

Details surrounding employee pay increases were not resolved among board members Wednesday night at the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board meeting. Before a proposed...

  After months of arriving to meetings as the sun was setting, and not leaving until the moon was positioned high in the evening, MUSD...

The halls within Desert Wind Middle School are virtually empty in June. Besides the few classes of children attending summer school, the building can...