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MUHSD may battle merger in court

At its meeting on June 20, the Mingus Union High School District Governing Board unanimously agreed to retain the law firms Gust Rosenfeld and...

High school theater awarded for ‘Crazy for You’

In April, students at Mingus Union High School performed “Crazy for You,” a musical full of American composers George and Ira Gershwin standards. On...

MUHSD votes no on consolidation

At a school board meeting on Wednesday, June 6, the Mingus Union High School Governing Board voted unanimously to oppose plans to consolidate the...

Cottonwood Middle School to change name as realignment details finalize

During a meeting Tuesday, May 15, the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District Governing Board unanimously agreed to a suggestion put forward by Cottonwood Middle School...

Bill passed by legislature overrules Mingus board’s merger objections

Sitting in the Mingus Union High School library on Thursday, May 17, the MUHS District Governing Board watched a recording of the March 28...

Mingus math teacher Craig Mai wins Yavapai County Teacher of the Year award

Craig Mai came to Mingus Union High School in 1997. A Kansas resident who had been trained as an engineer and worked for AT&T...

Red For Ed sees mixed success after teacher strikes

Teachers all over Arizona held the largest strike in the state’s history last week, shutting down school districts all over the state. The strike...

Two new principals hired at Cottonwood-Oak Creek schools

At its meeting on May 1, Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District’s Governing Board approved contracts for two new principals, set to take over for the...

Report on consolidation warns of potentially “devastating” effects

The consolidation advisory committee for Mingus Union High and Cottonwood-Oak Creek school districts presented a report May 1 on expected costs and benefits of...

VACTE instructor trains students in real-life skills

Anyone who visits the Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education campus on State Route 89A in Cottonwood during class hours may be greeted...

School district consolidation presentation still leaves questions

One of the key barriers of progress in the conversation of consolidation between Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District and Mingus Union High School District has...

Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District weighs realignment

While a kindergarten- through eighth-grade realignment of Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District has appeared to have gotten overwhelming support from both parents and teachers, the...

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