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SOCSD tests below 42% & State averages

Sedona-Oak Creek School District has released state test results and the news, by any measure, is not good. In a chart showing the percentage of students in a given grade who achieved a passing grade in English and Language Arts,...

Area students earn WGU degrees

Several Verde Valley residents recently earned degrees from Western Governors University. The online, nonprofit university held its commencement ceremonies to celebrate the graduation of more than 22,000 students from across the country. The 70th commencement...

Class teaches money management

Families and children in the Verde Valley who want to learn how to get control of their finances have a local resource. Very few people have escaped the effects of the recent economic recession and so there couldn’t be...

School funding needs an update

Arizona’s education funding model is 28 years old, and Verde Valley educators are ready to help bring it up to date. Educators from Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Clarkdale-Jerome and Sedona gathered Thursday, April 23, in Cottonwood to...

Educators avoid axe

Arizona school districts received a blow last month when the state cut $98 million from Arizona schools’ basic state aid and $21 million from soft capital for this fiscal year. Although the Sedona Oak Creek School District is required...

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27 city staff salaries now exceed $100,000

The American economy may have been stagnating for years, but the latest figures show that city of Sedona staff...

Chamber music Sundays: ‘The most civilizing things one can do’

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center paid a friendly visit to Chamber Music Sedona on Sunday, March 23,...
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