Catalina Foothills News

Mike Cowan, who will take over as superintendent of the Mesa Unified School District on July 1, has been elected to the board of the Arizona Business & Education Coalition.

As he did throughout May, Siegler is donating 15 percent of receipts from sales of food and nonalcoholic beverages to the campaign.

The Tucson Unified School District has put the kibosh on a troubled land swap with the developer of a Southwest Side project.

We were appalled to learn that GOP legislators quietly added a provision to their proposed state budget that would wallop homeowners.

As a science teacher, Judith LeFevre is all about watching experiments unfold. So perhaps it's fitting that the 54-year-old recently left her Tucson home and boarded a train for New York City.

The housing market is so down, it's tough to even give away a home. Well, sort of.

Two Southern Arizona teams placed in the top 10 Saturday in three separate events at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at Iowa State University.

A local school district might be able to hang onto 30 teachers with the help of community members.

Subject Number of exams taken Number of scores 3 or higher* U.S. history 4,332 1,904 English language 3,913 2,094 English literature 3,401 1,843 U.S. government/politics 3,218 1,553 Calculus 2,073 1,103 Spanish 1,328 868 Biology 1,175 554 Chemistry 1,064 585 Calculus BC** 877 651 Psychology 850 597 *College standards vary, but a score of at least a ...

Cienega Softball is in uncharted territory. A number 1 seed in 4 A-1 softball the Bobcats continued to shine in round 2 of the state playoffs tuesday afternoon.

Proceeds benefit the Community Food Bank. a Information: Torey Ligon at 624-4821. Regulations No roosters.

When Elizabeth Celania-Fagen, the superintendent of the Tucson Unified School District, spoke with parents recently about state policies and budget cuts, she noted that she had heard the state spent about $17 million a year on the high-stakes AIMS test a ' the implication being that it's a lot of money for a test that some educators say isn't ...

May 05, 2009, 5:58 p.m. KIMBERLY FERREIRA I moved to Arizona for health reasons 1 1/2 years ago with my daughter, who was receiving a private education, to Catalina Foothills School District in Tucson.

State tennis championships - May 2, 2009 In a matchup of two friends and Tucson Catalina Foothills teammates, Zack Haffor got an early break in the first set against Daniel Hyman and rode that momentum to a 6-4, 6-3 win in the Class 4A Division I boys singles championship.

May 03, 2009, 11:05 p.m. BRYAN LEE Tucson Citizen Not one to let a perfect spring day pass him by, David McDaniel crafted the best of his four straight Tucson City Amateur championships.

One of Catalina Foothills' three-time team champions and 2006 national high school champion, Landon Brownell, 19, died April 21 when, while driving, he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a tree near Bakersfield, Calif.

Parents in the Catalina Foothills Unified School District are angry that extracurricular activities such as sports and the arts could be affected by the state budget crunch.

More than 70 people showed up at a governing board meeting of the Catalina Foothills School District on Tuesday to keep pushing for continued funding of sports and other activities.

The Flowing Wells Unified School District's list of personnel to be laid off was added to StarNet's database of Tucson-area school job cuts today.

AJ's Fine Foods Store Director Keith Reynolds wishes readers good luck on their "time-travel adventure," a five part series starting today.