Believing her “job is to go out and learn about different parts of the community so I can better inform about the decisions we make in the community,” Chandler resident, mother, and community member Patti Serrano wants to bring a district parent’s perspective to the Chandler Unified School Governing Board. A first-generation daughter of immigrants, … Read more
Arizona Superintendent of Public instruction Kathy Hoffman is calling for children to ride in clean energy buses instead of the current fleet mostly fueled by the more pollutant-emitting Diesel fuel. Did you know that every school day, hundreds of thousands of public school students in our state are exposed to dangerous pollutants emitted from school … Read more
Here we go again. Despite the close to a billion dollars in new monies approved for K-12 education, uncertainty reigns for school districts and their leaders. Why? Because when the legislature passed the 2022/23 budget, they did not suspend or repeal the Aggregate Expenditure Limit (AEL) which nearly caused a financial doomsday for districts in … Read more
Believing “now more than ever we need to prepare our children for the future they face,” educator Stephanie Simacek is running for a seat on the Deer Valley Unified School District Governing Board to promote the advancement of children and improvement of work and living conditions for educators and staff. Holding that “every child deserves … Read more
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman issued a series of posts last week that highlight how the recently passed bipartisan state budget will help children, educators, and schools. These include provisions that: Funding, for the first time, the Office of Indian Education. Provide $50 million to the School Safety Grant Program that can help … Read more