Education

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...

 A new coach will lead the Maricopa High School softball team this year. Jason Crawford joined MHS in August as softball head coach and English...

As the 2017-18 school year gets into full swing this month, the Maricopa Police Department and the various schools want to help ensure students...

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...

Maricopa High School freshmen met Thursday for orientation led by upperclassmen in an effort to introduce the newcomers to campus. The largest freshman class...

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...

  On your child’s first days of school, it is important to find out as much information about their teacher’s method of instruction and the...

One of the many struggles facing grade-school education is parent/guardian participation. For teachers, it can be trying to get parents involved in their child’s...

By Murray Siegel The new school year is beginning, and articles will be written about new curriculum, new programs and new staff in our schools....

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...

The Maricopa Police Department Explorers Post will meet on a different day and at a new location, according to Maricopa High School Resource Officer...

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...

The circular drive in front of the Maricopa High School office is not designated for student drop-off and parent parking, according to officials at...

  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...

By Murray Siegel Many high school students are advised to consider a four-year university education following high school graduation to prepare for adult life. For...

Joby Thompson has been selected to attend the “Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders” program at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, July 23-28. The conference...

  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...

  Maricopa Unified Schools will be participating in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, Maricopa Schools will...

Maricopa High School English teacher Aidan Balt has been chosen as a teacher fellow for the 2016-17 Arizona Hope Street Group Teacher Fellowship in...

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....

When Mark Cisterna accepted his position as district athletic director at Maricopa Unified School District three years ago, he said he expected to retire...

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...