Hi all, Happy (belated) New Year, and welcome back to Educating Arizona! 👋
The new year means school board members elected in November are being sworn in across the state. My colleague, David Ulloa Jr., profiled a former Cartwright Elementary School District student elected to the district’s Governing Board at age 19 . She won during the first election she could vote in.
Here are other education stories Republic reporters have been working on.
Education Department’s free tutoring program abruptly ends
The Arizona Department of Education abruptly canceled free tutoring sessions after money for the program, which was intended to tutor students who fell behind academically during the pandemic, ran out …