The Gilbert Unified School District governing board voted unanimously Tuesday to keep Thad Stump as board president after no one else was interested in taking over the responsibility.

Lily Tram is making history as the newest appointee to the Gilbert Unified School District school board.

Lily Tram was appointed to the vacant seat on the Gilbert Unified School District board on Friday by Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools Sandra Dowling.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board approved Superintendent Dave Allison’s performance pay for November and December during a vote Dec. 18.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board will change the way it votes after confusion during a meeting last month.

Late Tuesday with all precincts reporting, incumbent Denise Standage, newcomer Paul Howell and former board member Greg Land were in the lead for the three open seats in the Higley school board race.

Four women are running for three open governing board seats in the Gilbert Unified School District, including two incumbents, a former education reporter and a business owner.

Four Gilbert residents have been chosen to be interviewed out of the 13 people applying for the vacancy on the Gilbert Unified School District board, said Hope Olguin, elections specialist for Maricopa County Superintendents Office.

Four Gilbert residents have been chosen to be interviewed out of the 13 applicants who applied for the vacancy on the Gilbert Unified School District board, said Hope Olguin, elections specialist for Maricopa County Superintendents Office.

East Valley school districts have 28 school board seats available in the upcoming Nov. 4 election. However, as of Monday, only 18 candidates have turned in their paperwork to fill those seats.

The Gilbert Unified School District will hire a facilitator to help gather information about what qualities the community wants in its next superintendent.

Superintendent Dave Allison’s future with the Gilbert Unified School District may be decided Thursday.

Gifted students will have another education option next year after the Gilbert Unified School District governing board approved creation of a self-contained classroom program.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board was informed Tuesday night that board member Shane Stapley is resigning his elected seat, effective March 10.

With the need to cut $6 million from its budget next year, the Gilbert Unified School District is looking at shaving school budgets, hiring occupational and physical therapists rather than using contract workers, and raising athletic fees.

A decision by the Gilbert Unified School District governing board April 9 means a junior high principal will remain in his job next school year.

Students from Gilbert Junior High School said the campus was abuzz with excitement Wednesday after the district board voted 4-1 Tuesday to rescind a prior decision to close the campus.

On Feb. 14, we attended a Gilbert school board meeting. It’s an election year and we wanted to put names with faces.

Gilbert district schools will continue to offer free, full-day kindergarten next school year following a vote Wednesday night by the governing board.

The Gilbert Unified School District is moving forward with filling a governing board position after member Shane Stapley stepped down last week because he is moving out of the school district.

School funding, the AIMS test and whether or not guns should be carried by teachers on campus were just some of the topics discussed Thursday night at a candidate forum addressing education issues.

The Gilbert school board is suggesting the Arizona School Boards Association’s delegates back changing the law to have local school boards fill their own vacancies, not county school superintendents, as they now do.

The Gilbert Unified School District expects more savings and revenues next year than anticipated, which could help the district with its expected $6 million shortfall, Superintendent Dave Allison told the governing board April 9.