The receiving board appointed to oversee the Thomas J. Pappas Schools in December has issued a report on its progress.

Parents and taxpayers in the Gilbert and Higley unified school districts will have the opportunity to voice opinions and learn more about a possible consolidation of their school districts during a public meeting Monday at Arizona State University East.

Parents and taxpayers in the Gilbert and Higley unified school districts will have the opportunity to voice opinions and learn more about a possible consolidation of their school districts during a public meeting Monday at Arizona State University East.

Arizona is no longer ranked 50th in classroom spending. According to new data, the state comes in 49th.

Arizona school districts learned last week how much they have coming from federal stimulus funding.

Reducing field trips, better engine and tire maintenance, and doing away with idling are just some of the things some East Valley school districts are doing to help counteract the ever-rising gas prices.

Education proponents painted a grim picture Monday evening for school board members trying to grapple with the state of their district budgets.

The Gilbert Unified School District intends to file a lawsuit claiming the district — and 208 others in the state — are at a “disadvantage” because they are not eligible for the state’s Career Ladder program.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge removed Sandra Dowling as budget overseer of the Maricopa County Regional School District on Thursday and created a three-person governing board for that duty.

A booing and applauding crowd of 300 came out Monday for a meeting about the tiny Higley Unified School District possibly being swallowed up into the larger Gilbert system.

Many East Valley homeowners who've suffered through years of lower property values have been getting a jolt when opening their mail and discovering substantially higher tax bills.

After joyfully receiving millions of dollars in new state funding for teacher raises, fullday kindergarten and special education, Arizona’s school districts are finding themselves in an unexpected predicament — they are spending too much money, according to the state’s constitution.

After joyfully receiving millions of dollars in new state funding for teacher raises, full-day kindergarten and special education, Arizona’s school districts are finding themselves in an unexpected predicament — they have too much money, according to the state’s constitution.

After joyfully receiving millions of dollars in new state funding for teacher raises, fullday kindergarten and special education, Arizona’s school districts are finding themselves in an unexpected predicament — they are spending too much money, according to the state’s constitution.

When Arcadia High School teacher Melissa Weger used her cell phone to check her bank account as she stood in line at Costco, she was surprised to discover her paycheck had arrived early.

A state senator from Tucson has slipped a policy change into a legislative budget package that could cost some East Valley school districts a combined $2.6 million in funding next year.

The Higley Unified School District is spending $48,000 for a consultant to find ways the district can save money, analyze financial practices and prepare for impending state budget cuts.

School districts are bracing for ever-rising gas prices next year that they'll have to absorb into their budgets. While diesel fuel prices rose 62 percent in the East Valley over the course of the last year, school districts are expecting the state to give its normal 2 percent inflation increase to their total transportation budgets.

East Valley school districts say one of the top impacts of the economic downturn has been a rise in class sizes.

The students keep arriving at Gilbert’s Higley Unified School District.

August 3, 2004

The Mesa Unified School District’s budget for 2003-04 school year eliminates 58 nonteaching jobs and amounts to a net decrease in take-home pay for most employees, yet is not as Draconian as officials feared when they first started looking at the numbers.

Homeowners in the J.O. Combs Unified School District are outraged by what they think is a significant tax increase associated with the district's budget for the 2008-09 school year.

June 17, 2004