From 2-5 p.m. Saturday, April 27, Cottonwood Community School will hold its inaugural spring carnival.

Two mountain lion cubs were spotted outside the perimeter of the Cottonwood Elementary School cafeteria early this morning, according to CES Principal Jessica Vocca.

COTTONWOOD – What began as a list of six candidates to fill an open seat on the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District governing board is now five.

Yavapai County School Superintendent Tim Carter received six letters of interest for the Cottonwood Oak Creek School District Governing Board vacancy, left by the resignation of Linda Walker, prior the deadline on Thursday, Jan. 4.

COTTONWOOD – At the end of the day, the burden is on Steve King to decide if it is best to merge three of his district’s schools into two K-8 schools.

Tuesday, Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District’s governing board could approve the entrance of three children whose fifth birthdays are before Dec. 31.

COTTONWOOD – Tuesday, the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District governing board voted 4-0 to approve a statement of intention to continue exploring unification with Mingus Union High School District.

COTTONWOOD – For the past several months, education-minded community members have explored the possibility of consolidation or unification of Cottonwood-Oak Creek, Mingus Union and Clarkdale-Jerome school districts.

COTTONWOOD – Three of Cottonwood-Oak Creek’s schools will see improvements this summer in the last phase of the district’s Capital Bond projects.

COTTONWOOD – There are three ways that Proposition 301 money is distributed to schools. At Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District, two of those three categories involve as much as $3,000 going into teacher salaries.

Since November 2000 when Arizona’s voters passed Proposition 301, additional revenue has been funneled into classrooms.