MARICOPA — A new faith-based private school is coming to Maricopa and is scheduled to be open for students by this fall, thanks to new headmaster and current Maricopa Unified resource teacher Tim Ihms.

MARICOPA — There was a new face on the Maricopa Unified School District board at the meeting Wednesday night.

MARICOPA — During a presentation to the Maricopa Unified School District board on Wednesday, representatives from building and design companies revealed a groundbreaking date and shared new 3D drawings of the planned high school off Farrell and Murphy roads.

MARICOPA — Nearly 200 Maricopa Unified School District employees successfully received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday during a clinic put on by the district and Sun Life Family Health Center.

MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District is seeking a renewal of its 2016 budget override, which would help maintain current funding for the district.

MARICOPA — Some Maricopa Unified students will be back in school Feb. 1 after the MUSD board voted to move back to in-person learning for those students who signed up.

MARICOPA — Next month, teams of fifth through eighth grade students in Maricopa will brainstorm, research, plan and build a robot to compete in a series of tests — all in the name of teaching young minds science and engineering methods in a fun and engaging way.

MARICOPA — On Thursday night, the Maricopa Unified School District Board voted in a new president and vice president during a special meeting.

MARICOPA — In a special meeting Thursday, the Maricopa Unified School District board voted to postpone in-person classes until Feb. 1 due to the current COVID-19 numbers.

MARICOPA — In a special meeting Thursday night, the Maricopa Unified School Board voted to move online for the first three days back at school to allow for possible COVID-19 outbreaks post-holiday season.

MARICOPA — The Maricopa Unified School District board has agreed to host a special session on Thursday to evaluate COVID-19 cases as the state continues to see a new wave.

MARICOPA — In these unprecedented times, there are many who are struggling. Loss of family members, jobs, homes and relationships can leave families reeling, and the youngest of the household feel these pains just as acutely as the adults around them.

MARICOPA — Maricopa High School and Maricopa Wells Middle School have both moved online through the end of the year after outbreaks of COVID-19 were confirmed at the schools.

COOLIDGE — In anticipation of a spike in COVID-19 during the holiday season, Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology announced Wednesday that it will begin the new year doing remote-only programs.

MARICOPA — With COVID-19 cases rising quickly and another wave of cases imminent, the 2020 Graduation Committee for Maricopa High School has made the difficult decision to postpone graduation again.

MARICOPA — Maricopa Wells Middle School shut its doors on Nov. 17 and will not reopen until Nov. 30 after a COVID outbreak on campus.

MARICOPA — After its third school shut down due to COVID-19 this week, Maricopa Unified School District held a board meeting which highlighted the contentious debate to remain in-person learning or move online as cases rise again.

MARICOPA — While election results remain unofficial until they are canvassed by the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, all ballots in the county have been counted and Jim Jordan by a very slim margin, will remain on the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board.

MARICOPA — Two of the four Maricopa board candidates remain neck and neck this evening, vying for the third and final seat on the board.

MARICOPA — The race to play a leadership role for the rapidly growing school district in Maricopa tightened significantly as Tuesday night turned into Wednesday morning.

MARICOPA — Maricopa High School has put a hold on in-person learning following a COVID-19 outbreak, with the spread happening as quickly as the day after fall break ended Oct. 14.

MARICOPA — “EMPOWER” is the word emblazoned in bold on the wall of Principal Rachele Reese’s office at the brand new A+ Charter Schools in Maricopa. It’s also what Reese strives to impress upon her students every day of learning at the new school, which welcomed its first 180 students this August.

MARICOPA — Hundreds of students across Maricopa Unified School District are in quarantine after multiple students and staff tested positive for COVID-19 this week.

MARICOPA — A Saddleback Elementary School 5-year-old is one of the now six confirmed COVID-19 cases at the school, causing the school to shut down starting Tuesday through Nov. 10.

MARICOPA — A Saddleback Elementary School staff member has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release Thursday.

MARICOPA — Weeks after the entire process threatened to be undone due to a dispute over a pesticide covenant, the Maricopa Unified School District reported plans for a second high school are back on track.

MARICOPA — In spite of the challenging school reopening this year due to COVID-19, it seems Maricopa Unified School District has remained on a steady incline in both teacher hires and retention.

MARICOPA — A Maricopa school has achieved national acclaim for its dedication to education and high performance by being designated a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

MARICOPA — Patti Coutre, a 10-year veteran Maricopa Unified School District board member and busy mom-of-four, celebrated her last day on the board after resigning Thursday. She attributed her leave to employment changes during the pandemic but is excited about her new job working in MUSD ad…

MARICOPA — Just three days after Maricopa High School students began their classes on Sept. 21, several letters read out in the call to the public section of Wednesday’s Maricopa Unified School District board meeting highlighted overcrowded classrooms at MHS and concerns over COVID-19.

MARICOPA — It’s safe to say Maricopa Unified School District board member Torri Anderson is a long-standing Maricopan. She and her family moved to the city, long before it was even a city, in 1971 from neighboring Maryvale. Anderson grew up in what was then a small town, and she and her sibl…

MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School Board candidate Tracie Armstead-Payton may be a relative newcomer to the city, but she already has a great deal of time on a school board under her belt.

MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District board member Jim Jordan is prepping for his first general election to the board after being appointed to his position in May.

MARICOPA — After months of deliberation, numerous polls of parents and teachers and a lot of executive orders, Maricopa Unified School District has elected to go back to school in person, with students in grades K-5 returning by Sept. 14 and grades 6-12 by Sept. 21.

MARICOPA — At their first in-person board meeting since April, Maricopa Unified School District board members weighed their options for school reopening, heavily juggling parent opinions, current state guidelines and the latest COVID-19 data to come up with a solution that would cater to all three.

MARICOPA — Six-year-old Kaela Leonard is a happy kid. She loves to play, hang out with her brother and parents, Julie and Scott Leonard, and is known to be a little mischievous sometimes.

MARICOPA — The remainder of a state hearing over the alleged misconduct of a former Sequoia Pathway Academy principal and current Edkey administrator has been called off after Alfonso Alva agreed to give up his certificates.