NoPho Neighborhoods, Schools & Events
Here you’ll find the latest news and information on private, public and charter schools in North Phoenix, including the Deer Valley Unified School District (DVUSD). See also our Guide to NoPho Schools, including enrollment data and a performance comparison.
A pair of four-year-term seats on the Governing Board of Deer Valley Unified School District are up for election in November. A Candidate Forum will be held Tuesday, Oct. 2. In advance of the forum, you can submit questions. Deadline to submit questions is 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.
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At its Aug. 28 meeting, the DVUSD Governing Board voted 5-0 to extend the contract of Superintendent Curtis Finch through June 30, 2022.
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Dennis Chartier remembers the fetal pigs episode that sent him to the principals office in high school. Now he’s the principal at Sonoran Foothills School.
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Courtney Fredlund went to DVUSD schools, then volunteered, interned, and became a classroom teacher. Now she’s the principal at New River Elementary.
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Cassie Hauck was born to parents who were teachers, and she remembers helping her mom set up the classroom each summer. Now she’s the principal at Sunset Ridge School.
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See the seven DVUSD schools in NoPho that received the A+ School of Excellence rating in recent years, and learn what the ratings are all about.
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A pair of four-year-term seats—those held by Kimberly Fisher and Ann O’Brien—are up for election on the five-member board.
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A new public high school opens this fall in North Phoenix as Caurus Academy, an established K-8 charter school, launches grades 9 and 10 when school resumes Aug. 7.
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When classes start Aug. 7, enrollment will range from less than 50 percent in some schools to over capacity in others. Find out why, and what might be done.
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When the giant mural of Boulder Creek High School’s mascot was dedicated on March 30, 2010, there was talk that the paint would last 50 years. But after eight years, it’s getting a much-needed facelift.
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A woman who worked briefly as a crossing guard at a Deer Valley Unified School District school and another person were indicted by a state grand jury on charges related to sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl in Coconino and Yavapai counties, the Arizona Attorney General announced today.
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