Schools

Two measures approved in the recent mail-in election will ensure Deer Valley Unified School District has adequate funding.

Several local students were among 53 in the Deer Valley Unified School District who achieved perfect scores on both the English Language Arts and Math portions of the most recent AzMERIT test.

Deer Valley Unified School District held a groundbreaking event Oct. 3 for construction of Elementary School #31 within USAA’s Union Park at Norterra neighborhood.

DVUSD’s school within the Union Park at Norterra neighborhood aims to avoid overcrowding at nearby Norterra and Sonoran Foothills schools.

DVUSD Superintendent Curtis Finch recently released his 2018 State of the District, citing accomplishments and goals. See selected highlights plus the full statement.

The only new Deer Valley Unified School District board member was one of three who voted to build the new K-8 school in Norterra. Prior to the vote, In&Out Publications asked her about her priorities.

When In&Out asked then-candidate Kathy Hoffman what was the biggest challenge facing Arizona schools, she said: “Due to our teacher shortage, large class sizes and under-qualified teachers shortchange our children’s future.” Now that voters have put her in charge, we posed some new questions.