Recent headlines of school shootings, violence and suicides express the concern the nation has in regard to the mental health of its youth. Childhood exposure to severe bullying, in particular, often is...
Consensus or even positive bargaining seem to elude most of our elected officials. In the Kyrene School District, though, a group of determined volunteers apparently have succeeded in coming together with a...
School security took center stage during a study session of the Kyrene School Board on Jan. 22, along with the announcement of a new safety committee to assess the best security practices...
The shooting tragedy in Newtown, Conn., left school districts shaken to the core, but motivated to review and tighten security measures—and to reassure anxious parents.
Following the trend of school districts across the...
Applications for the next Citizens Police Academy , which runs 13 weeks Feb. 6 through April 24, are now being accepted by Chandler PD.
Classes are held from 6 to 9 p.m.Wednesdays at...
Every day throughout the year, kids from the 26 Kyrene campuses attend some type of “out- of-school- time” program, all different in content but all focused on providing safe, fun and structured...
Offices of the Tempe Union High
School District will be open from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, for the
convenience of those who wish to drop
off last-minute tax-credit donations.
Contributors who drop by...
At Corona del Sol High School, it’s
common to find crowds of
support for sporting events. But
on Dec. 8, the parking lot was packed
for a different reason. It was a day that
almost 350 students,...
