Mesa school officials are trying to come up with innovative ways to repurpose an elementary campus to align the needs of the community with dwindling dollars and students.

PARENT MEETING: Librarians will be on hand to showcase a variety of free, reliable online resources perfect for student research projects at this month’s Scottsdale Parent Council meeting. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Scottsdale Unified School District’s Education Center, 3811 N. 44th St., Phoenix.

When Mary Kay Keller first started her education career, she found herself in a classroom of newly arrived Cuban children in Florida.

School district administrators in the East Valley are blaming a contradiction in education laws for a high number of schools failing to make “adequate yearly progress” under the federal No Child Left Behind requirement.

East Valley educators say the federal government is painting an unfair and inaccurate picture of the quality of their schools.

East Valley educators say the federal government is painting an unfair and inaccurate picture of the quality of their schools.

Enrollment has leveled off in the Mesa Unified School District at about 74,000 students, and no new schools have been built.

Two men are now in Maricopa County Jail, accused of forcing their way into a Mesa elementary school with a crowbar before ransacking rooms and offices resulting in thousands of dollars in damage and stolen property.

Two men are now in Maricopa County Jail, accused of forcing their way into a Mesa elementary school with a crowbar before ransacking rooms and offices resulting in thousands of dollars in damage and stolen property.

Quiet East Valley schools came alive with activity Monday as more than 100,000 students spilled onto campuses for the first day of school. Some children cried. Most smiled and laughed. For everybody in the Paradise Valley and Mesa unified school districts — and many East Valley charter and private schools — Monday was a day of firsts.

Quiet East Valley schools came alive with activity Monday as more than 100,000 students spilled onto campuses for the first day of school. Some children cried. Most smiled and laughed. For everybody in the Paradise Valley and Mesa unified school districts — and many East Valley charter and private schools — Monday was a day of firsts.

Four parents — including two East Valley school board members — filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state Department of Revenue over a new law they say favors church-run schools over public schools.

Clues abound, for those who look, that Jordan Elementary School serves a special population of students: A walker pushed against a wall, a swing on the playground that accommodates a wheelchair, and two boys, both with Down syndrome, who, with arms linked, walk their class's lunch order to the school office.

TUCSON - For Guy Dobbins, the symbol of the ongoing battle for private-school vouchers comes down to a baseball cap. Devon, the youngest of his four daughters, was diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder in elementary school.

Lizett Segura’s son was enrolled in kindergarten at a neighboring district when she walked into Mesa’s Keller Elementary School looking for employment about five years ago.

Two men are now in Maricopa County Jail, accused of forcing their way into a Mesa elementary school with a crowbar before ransacking rooms and offices resulting in thousands of dollars in damage and stolen property.

Rachel Cesta spent part of this week turning in charter school applications for her children.

Good morning, class.