Local Government

Educator and Parent Kerry Baker Wants to Lift All Students Up as a Member of the Paradise Valley Unified School Board

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Educator and mother Kerry Baker would bring much-needed experience, if elected, to the Paradise Valley Unified School District Governing Board. She brings the experience and perspectives of an elementary and special education instructor. She brings the experience of a mother of children who are in both elementary and secondary grades. Furthermore, she brings the vital … Read more

Mayor Kate Gallego, the Phoenix City Council, and Maricopa County Community Colleges Launch Route to Relief

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With seven million dollars from American Rescue Plan COVID relief funding, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, the Phoenix City Council, and Maricopa County Community Colleges have launched the Route to Relief Program, an education initiative that will both help post-secondary students impacted by the Coronavirus and provide highly skilled workers to the industries that are propelling … Read more

Craig Beckman Wants to Help Improve the Deer Valley School District as One of Its New Governing Board Members

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No Politics. No hidden agendas. Just a desire to improve the Deer Valley Unified School District and lift all educational stakeholders, including children and teachers up. That is the goal of Deer Valley Unified School Governing Board candidate Craig Beckman. Saying “partisan politics have no place in education,” Beckman wants to serve as a school … Read more

As a Member of the Chandler Unified School Board, Patti Serrano will Listen to the Community Before Creating Policy

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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