I n a flurry of closed-door meetings last week, school boards in the East Valley and Cave Creek each plotted a joint strategy to fight the East Valley Institute of Technology over millions in vocational training dollars.

The EVIT Governing Board also met behind closed doors Sept. 8 over the same dispute prior to those boards’ executive sessions.

Those sessions were held either Sept. 9 or 10 by the boards for J.O. Combs, Chandler Unified, Apache Junction Unified, Gilbert Public Schools, Queen Creek Unified, Cave Creek Unified and Tempe Union.

Those districts, as well as Fountain Hills and Higley Unified, have been engaged in a months-long fight over funding for the career and technical education (CTE) programs they sponsor for some 24,000 juniors and seniors on their own high school cam

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