CASA GRANDE — Like many colleges and universities throughout the state and nation, Central Arizona College will be starting classes and services online this fall while its campuses remain clos…
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MARICOPA — The city of Maricopa on Monday announced it is introducing a new after-school program to help Maricopa students returning to online learning with educational support and internet connection.
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MARICOPA — The Maricopa Unified School Board on Wednesday voted 4-1 to delay the opening of in-person learning until Sept. 8, with board member Torri Anderson voting no as she wanted to extend the date until fall break for safety reasons.
COOLIDGE — On the morning of July 1, Kiamesha Guy’s daughter received a startling email from the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology.
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COOLIDGE — At a special meeting of the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology Governing Board held telephonically on Monday, board members adopted an expenditure budget for fiscal year 2020-21, which included a 5.7% increase in the Maintenance and Operations area.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District has settled on a fall semester start date following weeks of deliberation and shifting guidelines from the state.
The following local student achievements were reported to PinalCentral:
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COOLIDGE — After months of seeking a new teacher for the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology nursing assistant program, the career and technical education school announced that it will be temporarily sunsetting the course.
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MARICOPA — An ever-changing slate of guidance coming from the state has continued to impede the Maricopa Unified School District’s plans for reopening its schools.
3 area students make Dean’s List at Dubuque
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MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District — like those across the state — is gearing up for a new school year, and scrambling to come up with ways to accommodate the variety of staff, parent and student needs in the midst of the global pandemic.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District board members unanimously approved the Fiscal Year 2020-21 proposed budget on June 10 for submission to the Arizona Department of Education.
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PHOENIX — A state education committee heard almost eight hours of testimony to determine whether a former Sequoia Pathway Academy principal will face disciplinary action against his certification over allegations of misconduct while at the Maricopa school.
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COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology is rolling out summer programing for students impacted by the COVID-19 school closures this past school year.
SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College plans to recognize the May 2020 graduating class with a traditional graduation ceremony in December.
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MARICOPA — Two new principals have been appointed in Maricopa Unified School District for the coming school year, MUSD announced in May.
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MARICOPA — With plans for the second high school on Farrell and Murphy roads taking shape, Maricopa Unified School District board members voiced major concerns over the lack of basic amenities the school will have at a Wednesday night board meeting.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa High School’s most distinguished senior in its 61-year history has made history again. Freya Abraham, 17, has been awarded a national award from the White House.
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COOLIDGE — A budget amendment that proposed to allocate a significant portion of career and technical education funding to pay teacher salaries and benefits submitted by a Pinal County school district left members of the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology less than pleased at the…
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MARICOPA — Seventeen-year-old Leah Peterson didn’t necessarily set out to become valedictorian of Sequoia Pathway Academy when she started high school, so it came as a shock when she found out she’d won out at number one in her class.
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MARICOPA — Brielle Duff wasn’t sure she’d be able to become salutatorian at Sequoia Pathway Academy, but after four years of hard work she managed to secure the title.
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MARICOPA — For many theater junkies, their love of theatrical performance and the arts began in high school. The same is true for 17-year-old Maricopa High School senior and salutatorian Haley Lemon.
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MARICOPA — Freya Abraham didn’t know she’d be making history during her four-year career at Maricopa High School, but the high flier has exceeded even the highest of expectations set for her as she prepares to take her leave.
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MARICOPA — As schools remain closed for the year, graduating seniors are preparing to take part in a number of alternative ceremonies in the coming weeks.
COOLIDGE — Officials from the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology said they plan on celebrating the achievements of students completing the Career and Technical Education program in-person as soon as it is viable for them to do so.
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MARICOPA — There’s a new face on the Maricopa Unified School District board after Jim Jordan was sworn in Monday.
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MARICOPA — An announcement from the Maricopa Unified School District shed new light on the plans for a second high school being built with State Facilities Board money. The school is scheduled to open in July 2022 and have the style of a career academy or small learning communities.
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MARICOPA — A new board member was appointed to the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board on Wednesday following a previous board member’s resignation.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District deployed a new meals-on-wheels program last week to help deliver school breakfast and lunch to students living out in the Hidden Valley and Thunderbird Farms areas.
MARICOPA — Cooper and Taylor Park start each morning with a flag-raising ceremony before settling in at the dining room table for another day of schoolwork.
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FLORENCE – Local schools are joining a nationwide movement to celebrate high school seniors by turning on their stadium lights each night.
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MARICOPA — The first Maricopa Unified School District board meeting with public access online only was held Wednesday night. Board members sat 6 feet apart on the dais of the boardroom and addressed the camera instead of their usual crowd.
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MARICOPA — High school graduation and prom for American teenagers are age-old traditions. Ingrained in American culture, the two events signify a coming of age — leaving childhood and entering adulthood.
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COOLIDGE — Though education for students at the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology has transitioned from on-campus classrooms to a virtual setting, many questions and uncertainties remain for the career and technical education district.
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PHOENIX — Arizona students will have to switch to online or alternative learning for the rest of the academic year after Gov. Doug Ducey and schools chief Kathy Hoffman said Monday that schools will not reopen this year.
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MARICOPA — Amid mass uncertainties over the health implications of the COVID-19 outbreak, local schools are preparing for financial consequences as well.
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MARICOPA — At the beginning of Wednesday night’s Maricopa Unified School District meeting, board member Joshua Judd unexpectedly resigned from his position. He was elected in 2016, started his term in January 2017, and would have ended his term in December of this year.
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MARICOPA — A groundbreaking on Saturday saw the first shovels enter dirt on the lot just south of City Hall in preparation for a brand new library with all the bells and whistles.
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MARICOPA — “Aladdin Jr.” is coming to Legacy Traditional School this week all the way from Agrabah, where students at the K-8 school will perform the Disney classic.
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COOLIDGE — Navigating the higher education and professional worlds is not always the most straightforward undertaking. For seniors in their last year in high school, the experience can be overwhelming and, in some cases, downright nerve-racking.
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WASHINGTON — The team of students from Maricopa Wells Middle School in Washington this week for an engineering competition has a plan.
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PHOENIX -- Central Arizona College could be offering four-year degrees if a proposed bill in the state legislature becomes law.
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FLORENCE — There’s more than just seats for local, state and federal government offices open during the 2020 election.
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SAN TAN VALLEY — By correctly spelling the word “executive,” Red Rock Elementary School seventh-grader Adam Rasmussen has won the 57th annual Pinal County Spelling Bee.
COOLIDGE — Quality customer service can make the difference between an unhappy and happy patron in almost every industry.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa Wells Middle School is getting some new tech for the new semester, all thanks to a grant it received from the Ak-Chin Indian Community at the end of 2019.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District is tentatively moving forward on plans to build a basic high school using the funds given to it by the State Facilities Board, a feat that has never been done in the state at the high school level.
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MARICOPA — Parents of students at Maricopa High School had a scare on Wednesday when they received voicemails and emails regarding a student bringing a weapon to school.
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COOLIDGE — The Governing Board for the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology approved the first performance-based pay of the school year for Superintendent Mike Glover on Wednesday.
SAN TAN VALLEY — Central Arizona College’s math department recently hosted the 2019 Middle School Math Contest at the San Tan Campus. More than 130 students from 13 schools throughout Pinal County participated. The following are the top three rankings for the team and individual competitions…
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MARICOPA — Starting a new job can be a stressful situation no matter the circumstance, but to do so when everything you’re supposed to do is up in the air and changing by the day adds a whole …
MARICOPA — George Rubelsky and Ashley Menne took home the top honors at the Maricopa Junior Championship golf tournament, held Thursday and Friday at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes.
MARICOPA — The style of basketball that Heritage Academy coach James Deakyne preaches could be described as run-and-gun to the extreme. Now he’s taking that style to a national prep stage.
MARICOPA — Maricopa High School football coach Brandon Harris announced July 12 that 2019 quarterback and recent graduate Daxton Redfern was in critical condition at a Chandler hospital after …
CASA GRANDE — It hasn’t been the easiest couple of days for George Courtney after testing positive for COVID-19.
MARICOPA — Facing an alarming surge of COVID-19 cases in Arizona, Maricopa football coach Brandon Harris took it upon himself to postpone summer workouts.
CASA GRANDE — Like many colleges and universities throughout the state and nation, Central Arizona College will be starting classes and services online this fall while its campuses remain clos…
MARICOPA — The city of Maricopa on Monday announced it is introducing a new after-school program to help Maricopa students returning to online learning with educational support and internet co…
MARICOPA — The Maricopa Unified School Board on Wednesday voted 4-1 to delay the opening of in-person learning until Sept. 8, with board member Torri Anderson voting no as she wanted to extend…
COOLIDGE — On the morning of July 1, Kiamesha Guy’s daughter received a startling email from the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology.
COOLIDGE — At a special meeting of the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology Governing Board held telephonically on Monday, board members adopted an expenditure budget for fiscal year…
MARICOPA — Maricopa Unified School District has settled on a fall semester start date following weeks of deliberation and shifting guidelines from the state.