Higley News

A case of mumps has been confirmed at Higley Elementary and Middle School in Gilbert, and Maricopa County public-health officials are asking Higley parents to keep their children out of school if they have not been vaccinated.

Gotta thank Rick "Don't Google Me" Santorum for winning Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado on Tuesday and thus saving Mesa's Feb.

Frustrated Gilbert residents are asking why the town hasn't done anything to alleviate a dangerous bottleneck on Higley Road near the Santan Freeway, where a major six-lane artery abruptly constricts into a congested two-lane capillary.

Jim Lockwood, associate superintendent with Apache Junction Unified School District, was hired last month as chief financial officer for Higley Unified School District.

The district round of spelling bees has finished, and the winners are bracing for regional rounds this month, followed by the state bee in March that will produce Arizona's representative in the national bee in Washington, D.C., in April.

Higley Unified School District is considering an increase in its base pay for teachers to be more competitive and a change in the salary schedule to make it more uniform and fair.

The three Gilbert-area members of the joint legislative committee on school-district unification and consolidation say they welcome a study by county school Superintendent Don Covey into whether the Gilbert and Higley school districts should be unified.

A few cases of lice identified last week on Higley's Power Ranch Elementary School campus prompted the principal to send a letter to parents.

The Higley Unified School District governing board is considering moving its meetings from Thursday to Tuesday to avoid conflicts with Gilbert Town Council meetings.