The Payson school board balked at a proposal to support a roughly 10% pay raise for the district’s classified staff, after a long discussion at its last meeting.
Chris Higgins, facing a run-off election in November for mayor of Payson, supports the town developing a community center and indoor pool in partnership with the MHA Foundation.
Only 62% of the students at Julia Randall Elementary School are either proficient in English or making progress — while only 49% are proficient or making progress in math.