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A judge’s ruling last week that the state ban on mask mandates is unconstitutional apparently won’t affect the optional policy on masks adopted by Mesa Public Schools.

To mask or not to mask remains a personal choice at Mesa Public Schools – with some notable new exceptions laid out at a heated meeting last week.

Valley mom becomes principal at same Mesa elementary school she attended Decades ago, an 8-year-old girl from Trinidad and Tobago moved to the U.S. with her family looking for an opportunity. Author: Trisha Hendricks Updated: 6:51 PM MST July 25, 2021 MESA, Ariz. — It’s an incredible story coming full circle for one Valley woman. Decades ago, an 8-year-old girl from Trinidad and Tobago moved to the U.S. with her family looking for an opportunity. Today, that ...

Mesa High is about to start a makeover. Construction on the historic, 122-year-old school is to begin Tuesday– two days before the last day of school in the Mesa Public Schools District. Despite pandemic-related sharp declines in enrollment, MPS continues surging ahead with multi-million-dollar construction and renovation plans. At its March 16 meeting, the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board approved the first chunk of a $40-million – up from $35 million – upgrade at Mountain Vi...

Mesa Public School officials last week bid a fond farewell to two Governing Board members who each have devoted 12 years to the nonpaying position. Board President Elaine Miner and Steven Peterson are retiring and will be replaced in January by Lara Salmon Ellingson and Joe O’Reilly, winners in last month’s election along with incumbent Kiana Maria Sears. A video featuring several community leaders thanking Miner and Peterson accompanied individual tributes by Superintendent Dr. Andi ...