The Payson school board at a special meeting this morning will decide whether schools should return to in-person classes as planned on Jan. 19… Read more
The debate about when schools should return to in-person classes has intensified, even as Arizona claims the crushing title as the nation’s CO… Read more
The abrupt shift to distance learning last year across the nation had only a modest impact on student learning, according to several new natio… Read more
School districts across the state received another dose of bad news last week, which will cost Payson schools more than $600,000. Read more
Faced with an outbreak of COVID cases, Payson schools will shift back to distance learning until Jan. 19 after returning from winter break, wh… Read more
The statewide plunge in K-12 district school enrollment has swamped Gov. Doug Ducey’s promise to limit the damage to school budgets. Read more
Two lawsuits have been filed seeking to overturn Proposition 208, which would have provided roughly $1 billion annually for districts statewid… Read more
Two fresh COVID cases this week prompted Payson High School and Payson Center for Success to shift back to distance learning for the next two weeks. Read more
As COVID cases in schools rise, school boards once again face an agonizing choice. Read more
Shaken by word that six students from the same family have now tested positive for COVID-19, the Payson school board on Tuesday had a painful … Read more
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Rim Country Middle School will return to distance learning until Nov. 30 in response to a student who tested positive for COVID-19 as cases su… Read more
With COVID cases on the rise, state officials this week issued an earnest appeal to schools to abide by state and federal recommendations on m… Read more
Payson’s school benchmark numbers have bounced up into the yellow zone, but will likely settle down again in the next week or two, according G… Read more
A whopping 60% of voters support school-boosting Proposition 208 according to a recent poll — but Gov. Doug Ducey last week blasted the measure. Read more
As Payson schools head into the second week of in-person classes, COVID cases have started to surge statewide. Read more
Arizona’s education sinkhole is awfully deep. Read more
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Rim Country children trooped back to in-person classes this week in the Payson Unified School District, with five weeks of measurements showin… Read more
Fires that have charred 5 million acres on the West Coast and killed at least 27 people have highlighted the long, frustrating, stalled effort… Read more
