The Mesa Unified School District Is the States Largest

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The Mesa Unified School DistrictIs the States
Largest

• 72,000 STUDENTS filled Mesas
• 7,372,000 SCHOOL BUILDINGS in
• (Total Sq. Ft.)
• 87 SCHOOLS A VARIETY OF
• FOCUS PROGRAMS on
• 1,390 ACRES OF LAND (at school sites)
• 200 SQUARE MILES.

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A Menu of Services and Personnel2008-2009

• 4,600 TEACHERS (includes all
• certified contract employees)
• instruct
• 72,000 STUDENTS with the
• assistance of
• 5,700 OTHER WORKERS who
• support instruction by offering
• a variety of services (includes
• all classified staff, contract and
• non-contract)

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A Menu of Services and Personnel2008-2009

• 44,587 MEALS served daily 8 million per
  year
• 1,010 FOOD SERVICES
• EMPLOYEES
• (includes 504 student employees)
• 46 FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH
• (Based on Elementary Schools enrollment)
• 130 NURSES AND HEALTH
• ASSISTANTS
• providing health services.

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A Menu of Services and Personnel2008-2009

• 420 EMPLOYEES providing a clean
• healthy classroom environment
• 67 EMPLOYEES caring for
• 1,366 ACRES of grass, athletic fields
  courts
• 138 EMPLOYEES (Plumbers,
  electricians, carpenters, painters,
• refrigeration technicians and
• other maintenance people) keeping
• schools in good repair

26 MECHANICS (plus 38 staff
members) maintaining approximately
471 BUSES 735 BUS DRIVERS and other
transportation staff 31,000 MILES per day
transporting 20,000 STUDENTS per day and
7,500 FIELD trips per year
463 VEHICLES, operations work trucks, Food
and Nutrition delivery trucks, security
vehicles
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GRADUATESCLASS OF 2008

• Dobson 645
• Mesa High 765
• Mountain View 820
• Red Mountain 816
• Skyline 527
• Westwood 583
• EVA 90
• Total Graduates 4,292

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41,803,837In Scholarships

• Offered to 1,121 graduating seniors

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Points of Pride
Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education
recognized the districts biotechnology program
with the Pathways to Higher Education Award. We
the People Team won the Arizona State
Championship for the 11th time in a dozen years.
The team won the national championship in 2002
and has placed among the top five nationally
several times. Standard Poors upgrade the
districts bond rating to AA- from A.
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Points of Pride
Debra Duvall was named 2008 Arizona
Superintendent of the Year by the Arizona School
Administrators Association. Irene Frklich has
been selected to receive the Distinguished
Administrator Award for the Educational Services
Division with the Arizona Schools Administrators.
Fredi Buffmire received the award for the
elementary division. Mary Ann Price, principal
of Roosevelt Elementary Schools, was awarded the
Mesa Professional Educators award in recognition
of outstanding education leadership for 2007. Dr.
Cindy Gardner, Carson Junior High band director,
received the Arizona State University Music
Mentor Teacher Award.

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Points of Pride
The district received a 1 million Teaching
American History grant. Intel Corporation gave a
40,000 grant to the Mesa Academy for Advanced
Studies for a pilot to integrate technology
training, science and mathematics. The Academy
will be used as a training facility to model
these teaching techniques. Las Sendas Elementary
will be presented with an award by the United
Food Bank for having donated the most food of all
Mesa Elementary Schools - 3,000 pounds more than
any other Mesa elementary school. Arizona
Commission for Postsecondary Education recognized
the districts biotechnology program with the
Pathways to Higher Education Award.

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Points of Pride
U.S. News and World Report named Dobson, Mesa,
Mountain View, Red Mountain and Skyline in its
Best High Schools 2008 Search. Americas
Promise Alliance named the district as No. 1 in
graduation rates among the nations 50 largest
cities. Three students in the top 10 of the
Maricopa County Regional spelling bee. Stapley
Junior Highs National Academic League team took
second place in the national championship.
Crossroads won one of the three awards at the
Model United Nations for best festival of
nations.

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Points of Pride

Franklin Northeast received the 2007 No Child
Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools Award. Lehi
Elementary recently received a grant from the
Friends of the Southwest Regional Library.  Lehi
received 3,000 towards new books, with emphasis
on non-fiction books - an area of interest for
Lehi students. They also donated books for use
in our new and used book sale to support the Lehi
Library program.  Rosanne Perry, Lehi Media
Specialist was the recipient of the grant. Falcon
Hill Elementary was a McDonalds Readers Are
Leaders Award Winner and received a 1,000 grant
to enhance their school library book collection.
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Points of Pride
Implemented districtwide emergency management
program with training for site teams using
Connect-ED phone notification system and Rapid
Responder planning. Implemented the Acuity and
Turn Leaf programs Intel Corporation gave a
40,000 grant to the Mesa Academy for Advanced
Studies for a pilot to integrate technology
training, science and mathematics. The Academy
will be used as a training facility to model
these teaching techniques. Co-sponsored Latino
Town Hall with Mesa Community College and the
Mesa Association of Hispanic Citizens. Qwest
Foundation donates 5,000 to the Mesa Arts Center
for students at Lowell Elementary to pilot a
program that will integrate arts into reading and
social studies lessons.

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ENROLLMENT
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ATHLETICS

• State Championships
• Baseball 7 Basketball 25
• Football 23 Golf 14
• Track 32 Wrestling 5
• Softball 4 Volleyball 4
• Cross Country 13 Gymnastics 7
• Soccer 2 Tennis 6
• Swimming Diving 10
• Represents both Boys and Girls from 1908 to
  present

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ATHLETICS

• 5,635 Games, Matches and Meets were held for
  students participation in sports events
• 7,014 Students participated in interscholastic
  athletics

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NATIONAL MERIT

• Each year a total of some 55,000 high school
  students are honored in the National Merit
  Program and the National Achievement Program and
  more than 10,500 of the most outstanding
  participants receive scholarships worth a total
  of 50 million for college undergraduate study.
  
• -- National Merit
  Scholarship Corporation
• 2007-2008 National Merit Finalists
• Dobson 8
• Mountain View 5
• Red Mountain 3
• Skyline 2

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PERFORMING ARTS

• Mesa ninth through twelfth grade music students
  earned 86 (43 percent) choral positions, 22 (18.4
  percent) band position and 18 (16 percent)
  orchestra positions, including winds, percussion
  and strings in the 2007 All-State Music Festival
  of Honor. Mesa students led All-State by holding
  26 percent of the total positions.

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PERFORMING ARTS
8,933 Number of students who participate in
elementary band and orchestra on a weekly
basis 3,702 Number of students who participate in
junior high band, orchestra, and chorus on a
weekly basis 551 Number of students who
participate in junior high guitar, theory, harp
and steel drum programs on a weekly
basis 2,275 Number of students who participate in
high school band, orchestra, and chorus on a
weekly basis 410 Number of students who
participate in high school guitar, theory, harp
and steel drum programs on a weekly basis
15,871 Total number of students who participate
in instrumental, vocal or other music classes on
a weekly basis
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ACT and SAT

• With an average composite score of 23.6 on the
  ACT, Mesa students (2007 graduating class) scored
  well above state (21.8) and national (21.2)
  averages
• On the SAT, Mesa Public Schools Class of 2007
  outperformed the previous class, as well as the
  state and nation as follows
• Critical Reading Math Writing
• MPS 526 554 506
• Arizona 519 525 502
• National 502 515 494
• Formerly Verbal

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ACT COMPOSITE SCORES1990-1991 through 2006-2007
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SAT Critical Reading(Formerly Verbal)
Trends1995-1996 through 2006-2007
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SAT Math Trends1995-1996 through 2006-2007
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SAT Writing2005-2006 through 2006-2007
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ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGESERVING 11,500
STUDENTSREPRESENTING
Countries 66 (e.g.., Syria, Italy,
Thailand) Languages 50 (e.g.., Croation,
Spanish, Taiwanese) Hispanic 18
(e.g., Brazil, Mexico) Native American 6
(e.g.., Apache, Pima)
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ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGESERVING 11,500
STUDENTSREPRESENTING
Countries
American Soma Honduras PhillipinesArgentina Hun
gary PolandBahamas India Puerto
RicoBolivia Iran RomaniaBosnia Iraq RussiaB
razil Italy Saudi ArabiaBulgaria Japan Serbia
Camaroon Kazanstan South AfricaCambodia Kenya
South KoreaCanada Kuwait SpainChile Kyrgyzs
tan Sri LankaChina Latvia SudanColumbia Leba
non SwedenCosta Rica Lithuania SyriaCuba Mel
aysia TaiwanEgypt Mexico ThailandEl
Salvador Microneisa TongaEngland Nepal Turkey
Equador Netherlands UgandaEthiopia New
Zealand UkraineFrance Nicaragu United Arab
EmiratesGermany North Korea UzbekistanGhana O
man VenezuelaGreenland Pakistan VietnamGuam
Panama ZaireGuatemala Paraguay ZambabweHaiti
Peru Zambia
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ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGESERVING 11,500
STUDENTSREPRESENTING
Languages
Afrikaans Filipino RussianAkan French Samali
Amharic German SamoanArabic Gujarati Serbo-Cr
oatianArmenian Hungarian ShonaBahasa Italian
SpanishBangia Japanese SundaBengali Kazahn
SwahleiBerber Korean SwedishBosnian Kurdis T
aglogBulgarian Kyrgyz TahiCambodian Laotian
TaiwaneseChamerro Latvian TonganChinese/Canton
ese Lebanese TurkishChinese/Mandarin Mayan Urdu
Creole Persian UzbekCroatian Polish Vietname
seFarsi Romanian
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MPS DROPOUT RATE
The MPS dropout rate for grades 7-12 was 2.99
percent and grades 9-12 was 3.66 percent in
2006-2007. This is well below state and national
dropout rates.
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Last spring, 1,192 students took 2,169 AP exams
and scored high enough on 81.7 percent of the
tests to qualify for college credit. Students
performance on the AP exams means a savings of
thousands of dollars in college expenses.
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ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMS
Focus Schools Crossroads East Mesa Early
Childhood Education Center McKellips Middle
School Power Middle School Riverview High School
S.H.A.R.P. Sundown High School Superstition High
School

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ALTERNATIVE LEARNING PROGRAMS
Choice Programs and Schools Biotechnology
AcademyEagleridgeEast Valley Academy
HighFranklin (Basic) Elementary Schools (four
campuses)Health Science High SchoolsHighland
Arts Integrated Program HomeboundK-12
International Baccalaureate ProgrammeMesa
Academy for Advanced StudiesMesa Distance
Learning ProgramMontessori Programs (three
campuses)Sunridge Learning CenterWorld Studies
Academy

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TEACHERS ARE ASSISTED BYTHESE RESOURCES
ANDDEPARTMENTS
Creative Arts Special Education Basic
Skills Psychological Services Science
Guidance Services Social Studies Summer
School Athletics, K-12 P.E. Performing
Arts Community Education Career and Technical
Education Title I Parent University Math
Homework Hotline English Language
Acquisition Extended Learning/Advanced Placement
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ATHLETICSDobson High School State Championships
Cross Country Boys 1997 Swimming Diving
Boys 1987 Swimming Diving Girls 1987 Footbal
l 1987 Softball 1990 Track
Boys 1991 Tennis Boys 1995 Soccer Boys
1999 Basketball Boys 1997 Golf
Boys 2003
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ATHLETICSMesa High School State Championships
Baseball 1927, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1958 Basketball
Boys 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926,
1933, 1936, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1988,
2004 Football 1928, 1933, 1946, 1947, 1950,
1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1990, 1992 Golf 1957,
1979 Track Boys 1950, 1952, 1962, 1982,
1988 Wrestling 1977, 2006, 2007 Softball 1988 Te
nnis Boys 1950, 1951, 1952
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ATHLETICSMountain View High School State
Championships
Basketball Girls 1988, 1998 Basketball
Boys 1987, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007 Football 1978, 1983, 1986, 1993,
1996, 1997, 2000, 2002 Volleyball 1984,
1988, 1999 Gymnastics Girls 1986, 1987 Golf
Boys 1987, 1991, 1992 Cross-Country Boys 1987,
1991, 1992 Tennis Boys 1988 Baseball 1990,
1998 Track Boys 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004 Track
Girls 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 Swimming
Girls 1998 Wrestling 2000
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ATHLETICSRed Mountain High School State
Championships
Cross-Country Girls 1991 Track Girls 1992,
1996 Golf Boys 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Wrestling 1994 Footbal
l 2001 Softball 2006 Tennis
Boys 2005 Basketball Girls 2007
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ATHLETICSSkyline High School State Championships
Track - Girls 2006, 2007 Track
Boys 2006 Swimming Boys 2006
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ATHLETICSWestwood High School State Championships
Cross-Country Boys 1964, 1967, 1983, 1990,
1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Football 1964
, 1988 Gymnastics Girls 1976 Swimming
Boys 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976 Track
Boys 1965, 1969, 1973, 1987, 1989, 1990,
1998, 1999 Track Girls 1976, 1977, 1987, 1988,
1989 Volleyball Girls 1993 Softball 1982
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SCHOOL DISTRICTSESTABLISHED
1879 Lehi Elementary School District 1882 Mesa
Elementary School District 1885 Alma Elementary
School District 18 Highland Elementary School
District 1887 Jordan Elementary School
District 1894 Nephi Elementary School
District Exact date not known
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Mesa Union High School District 207Established
December 26, 1907
Elementary Feeder Districts LehiJordanAlmaMesa
NephiHighland
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Elementary Schools DistrictsConsolidated
intoMesa Elementary District 4July 1946
These Districts Included Mesa Elementary School
District Alma Elementary School District Jordan
Elementary School District Lehi Elementary School
District
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MESA SUPERINTENDENTS
1907- 1909 John Loper, Both Mesa and
Mesa HS Districts (Two School1909-1914 H.Q.
Robertson, Boards) 1914-1917 G.
C. Sherwood 1917-1920 H.E. Matthews 1920-1932 Herm
an Hendrix 1932-1937 O.P. Greer 1937-1946 Rulon
T. Shepherd 1946-1954 Harvey L. Taylor (Mesa
combined 1953-1967 Rulon T. Shepherd (One
School Board/Two
Districts) 1967-1984 George Smith 1984-1999 Jim
Zaharis 1999-2000 Dale Frederick 2000-Present Debr
a Duvall