As a host of voter-approved construction and improvement projects in the Marana Unified School District move toward brick and mortar reality, the new Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School remains mired in delays that have workers banging away months after children began attending classes, and school administrators ready to take legal action.

Erin Schmidt, ESchmidt@ExplorerNews.com

The Estes Elementary Parent Teacher Organization hosted its annual Grand Persons Day appreciation event from 10:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21, 2012.

 Pima baseball assistant coach Ernie Durazo and three Pima pitchers went to Thornydale Elementary School on Tuesday morning to read with 1st grade classes.

Pima Community College assistant coach Ernie Durazo and three pitchers will visit Thornydale Elementary School (7751 N. Oldfather Road) on Tuesday to talk to 1st graders at the school. They plan to arrive at 9:30 a.m.

The Oro Valley Police Department responded to a telephone bomb threat made at 7:37 a.m. to Copper Creek Elementary School Thursday morning.

On two visits, the Marana Rotary Club has repainted the inner courtyard awning at Thornydale Elementary School, 7751 North Oldfather Road.

For much of the day Wednesday, employees of Sargent Controls & Aerospace are working at Quail Run Elementary School as part of the annual United Way Days of Caring.

January 18, 2006 - The Superintendent of the Catalina Foothills School District is hoping the governing board will say "Sí" on a proposal to reinstate the elementary level Spanish language program.

May 25, 2005 - It's 10 minutes before 9 a.m. on a Wednesday inside Cindy Gumfory's fifth-grade classroom at Roadrunner Elementary School and already students are doing homework while snacking on animal crackers and their choice of Fruit Loops or Honey Smacks cereal.