Education

The Maricopa Unified School District governing board voted Wednesday to give a 5% pay raise to all current teachers and raise pay for incoming...

Finding good teachers is tough. An already stressful job has become more difficult with the COVID-19 pandemic, increased politicization and the pressure for students to...

The Maricopa Unified School District governing board approved the attendance borders for the city’s two high schools at its meeting last Wednesday by a...

A shelter-in-place protocol was put into place at Desert Sunrise High School this morning but has since been lifted.  The protocol was result of a...

The Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board approved the district’s 2021-22 Proposition 301 Pay for Performance Compensation Plan Wednesday, a move that will put...

Ka’zia Delco was just 6 when she collapsed on the playground at Maricopa Elementary School in December.  She was airlifted out of Maricopa to Phoenix...

A sport-utility vehicle crossed the center of the road and struck a school bus Friday shortly after 3 p.m., according to Maricopa police. There were...

In May, it was a working pecan farm. Today, a high school is sprouting. The Maricopa Unified School District held a gymnasium preview Friday to...

Three days after students returned to campus at Maricopa High School, some teachers were pushing back hard against the school board. The staff members wrote...

Results of the vote on the MUSD override bill will have to wait another day or two. As of Tuesday night, the 'No' votes were...

Students in the Maricopa Unified School District will return to their school classrooms no sooner than Feb. 1. The district’s Governing Board on Thursday night...

Patti Coutré, a member of the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board for nearly a decade, has resigned to take employment with the district. In...

After a tense school board session Wednesday, two sides may be coming together to discuss the issues that created an impasse. Kelly Anderson, managing partner...

Maricopa’s second high school, named Desert Sunrise by the Maricopa Unified School District last month, reached another milestone Thursday as MUSD held a “beam...

The arts have been victimized by the coronavirus pandemic all the way down to the high school level. That includes the Maricopa High School...

A Maricopa Unified School District bus traveling with Desert Wind Middle School students on board was involved in a “minor” hit-and-run collision Tuesday afternoon...

Planning for future expansion, Legacy Traditional School has submitted blueprints and renderings for an 11,060-square-foot building that will include seven classrooms and a gymnasium. The...

With Maricopa High seniors receiving diplomas this week, an interesting statistic came to light at a recent Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board meeting...

Former Maricopa High School basketball coach Jason Royal paid himself $4,283 in booster club funds, leading to his termination and a school district investigation,...

Both on the basketball court or in the classroom, Anthony Ike “Tony” Fuller has had one goal: help young people reach their potential. The former...

The City of Maricopa unveiled its newest asset Friday with city officials, leaders and staff, and businesspeople gathering to mark the opening of the...

Four years ago, Arizona voters said no to Proposition 305, a referendum that would have significantly expanded Arizona’s school-voucher program, after the Legislature approved...

The atmosphere was festive Tuesday morning at Desert Sunrise High School as Maricopa Unified School District leaders celebrated the soft opening of the city’s...

  Maricopa High School is closing campus for the rest of the semester. Maricopa Unified School District reported additional cases of COVID-19 on Monday and more...

With counting nearly complete, the Maricopa Unified School District budget override has passed by a slim margin – at least unofficially. In counting that concluded...

Tyler Brown’s first impression of Cornell University came in an Advanced Placement history class in Arkansas, courtesy of a teacher who required students to...

Graduation for the class of Maricopa High School Class of 2019 is set for May 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Ram Stadium. The valedictorian...

Passage of MUSD override a boon to district The narrow – and for now, unofficial – passage of Proposition 457 will benefit students and the...

Heritage Academy earned an A grade from the Arizona Education Department for its performance in the past school year. That’s according to state education’s most...

Maricopa High School senior soccer player Madison Tyler has signed a letter of intent to play for Division I Alabama State University. “Madison is an...