Eight K-12 school-related questions will appear on your 2026 general election ballot, including questions for Pima County residents in the Amphitheater, Sahuarita, Tanque Verde, Vail and JTED school districts to decide whether to fund schools. No Pima County school-related proposition has any official arguments against it, the Pima County Schools Superintendent’s Office told Arizona Luminaria. […]
Author Archives: Shannon Conner
Shannon Conner is the education solutions reporter for Arizona Luminaria supported by a grant from the Arizona Local News Fund.
A reporter and editor, Shannon’s work has appeared in sports and news sections of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and the Arizona Daily Star. As a reporter, she’s covered the Olympic Trials, NFL and Final Fours, high school cross country and almost everything in between.
Shannon brings years of first-hand experience to the education beat: Parenting two kids in public and charter schools; participating for more than a decade in parent-teacher organizations; and teaching for 12 years as an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Arizona.
Raised in New Mexico, Shannon is a semi-retired cross-country coach for K-8 runners, a Boston Marathon finisher and a certified yoga instructor. She raises a family, runs trails and reports in the Sonoran Desert.
