July 16, 2004

The Chandler Unified School District governing board will hear proposed boundary options Wednesday night for a new elementary school that will be constructed for the 2012-2013 school year.

On Wednesday night, the Chandler Unified School District governing board approved its budget for the 2010-2011 by a vote of 3-0.

Nine applicants are seeking the Chandler Unified School District governing board position vacated by Rob Barney this month as his family moves out of state.

The Chandler Unified School District governing board on Wednesday night voted 5-0 to close Erie Elementary School as a neighborhood school in the 2012-2013 school year and use the site for another purpose in the future.

The Chandler Unified School District governing board approved a $289 million budget Wednesday night for the upcoming school year.

The Chandler Unified School District governing board approved a measure Wednesday evening to freeze teacher salaries for next school year.

Chandler Unified School District’s newest elementary school will be called Haley Knutsen Elementary School in honor of the 9-year-old girl who died in September 2005 following a seven-year battle with leukemia. The governing board approved the naming Wednesday night in an emotional vote.

The Chandler Unified School District governing board has hashed out details of a proposed $91.6 million bond issue.

Bernie Busken was easily approved as Basha's new football coach and physical education teacher by the Chandler Union School District governing board on Wednesday night.

Overcrowding has taken its toll at schools in southeast Chandler. Santan Elementary School could not offer full-day kindergarten this year because there weren’t enough classrooms.

Small brown desks and tiny blue chairs are ready for 1,200 students who will attend two new Chandler elementary schools July 27.

The Chandler Unifi ed School District wants to revolutionize teaching in the classroom with a host of high-tech gadgets and wireless Internet capabilities at all of its schools.

July 9, 2004

Computer labs across the Chandler Unified School District got face-lifts recently as aging technology was replaced with state-of-the-art computers and monitors.

Chandler Unified School District administrators, board members, friends and family gathered Tuesday morning to remember Mike Desper, a longtime girls basketball coach and district administrator.

December 9, 2004

The Chandler Unified School District governing board voted 5-0 Wednesday night to put a budget override renewal on the November ballot.

Dale Hancock, a former teacher, administrator and governing board member in the Chandler Unified School District, died Wednesday after battling an illness. He was 72.

Charlotte Patterson, 75, a former teacher and longtime governing board member in the Chandler Unified School District, died Saturday at Chandler Regional Medical Center, according to a district news release.

Three finalists will vie for a vacant spot on the Chandler Unified School District governing board in the next two weeks.

The Chandler Unified School District is accepting applications for a vacant governing board position after Rob Barney announced his resignation, effective June 16. He and his family are moving out of state. The appointed person will fill the remainder of the unpaid term, which expires December 2012.

The Chandler Unified School District is considering naming its 28th elementary school in honor of a little girl who banded together the East Valley while she fought leukemia.