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Dr. Daniel Bright students collaborate on mural

Just off from the entrance doors to Dr. Daniel Bright Elementary School, an unfinished mural covers the wall of a small hallway, waiting to...

School district consolidation bill advances in state senate

On Jan. 22, the Education Committee of the Arizona State Senate held its first hearings on Senate Bill 1073. Proposed by Education Committee Chair...

Board of Education grades boosted after appeals

In October, the Arizona Department of Education released 2017-2018 school year letter grades for every school in the state based on a combination of...

Mingus’ student ID badges draw ire of ACLU

The Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has sent a letter to Mingus Union High School alleging that the school’s student ID...

Genie Gee and Lynn Leonard take over Mingus superintendent duties

At a meeting on Dec. 12, the Mingus Union High School District Governing Board unanimously approved contract addendums for Mingus Union High School Principal...

Camp Verde school board keeps Howe on as administrator-in-charge

In February, the Camp Verde Unified School District Governing Board officially decided to allow Superintendent Dennis Goodwin to finish his contract on home assignment....

Mingus releases details of investigations into former Superintendent Penny Hargrove

On Nov. 10, Penny Hargrove, Ph.D., resigned as Mingus Union High School District superintendent. The MUHSD board had suspended Hargrove two weeks earlier pending...

Hargrove resigns from MUHS, Gee takes over as acting superintendent

After a 10-day suspension imposed by the Mingus Union High School District governing board on Oct. 25, pending an investigation into MUHSD Superintendent Penny...

County seeks new CVUSD Governing board member

Kitty McDowell will vacate her seat on the Camp Verde Uni ed School District Governing Board on Monday, Dec. 31. Normally, this would have...

Genie Gee appointed acting MUHS superintendent

On Oct. 25, the Mingus Union High School District Governing Board placed Superintendent Penny Hargrove on administrative leave for 10 days, pending an investigation...

COCSD-Mingus merger would cost $867,584, according to county

The effort to consolidate the Mingus Union and Cottonwood-Oak Creek school districts is on ice for the time being, after a lawsuit filed by...

COCSD will appeal Board of Education scores after downgrades

The Arizona Department of Education released its grades for all public schools in the state based on its evaluations of the 2017-2018 school year....

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