The Mohave County Board of Supervisors will hold a regular meeting on May 4 at 9:30 a.m. to consider an amendment to the county’s land division regulations, according to an April 21 notice. The meeting will take place in the Board of Supervisors Auditorium at 700 West Beale Street, Kingman, Arizona.
The proposed amendment would require a dust control and mitigation plan for new subdivisions in Mohave County. Interested members of the public are invited to attend and share their views during the hearing.
The notice also states that Mohave County is committed to ensuring accessibility for all individuals with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Those needing accommodations for this meeting are advised to contact the Development Services Department at (928) 757-0903, ext. 5816.
While local government considers changes affecting future development, recent education data shows academic challenges among students in Mohave County. In grades three through eight, nearly seven out of ten students did not pass the mathematics section of the AASA during the 2022-23 school year according to data from the Arizona Department of Education. For high schoolers, about seventy-seven percent failed the mathematics section of that year’s ACT as reported by state education officials.
Performance in English was also below expectations; sixty-four percent of students in grades three through eight failed their English assessments on the AASA according to state data, while sixty-five percent of high schoolers did not pass English on their ACT exams as noted by state records.
However, more recent figures show some improvement. In the 2023-24 school year, twenty-two percent of high schoolers passed mathematics on their ACTs according to official results, and thirty-one point nine percent of third through eighth graders passed math on their AASA tests based on updated reports.
Scott Holtry, Director at Mohave County Development Services Department, is listed as a contact for further information regarding both accessibility needs and details about Monday’s hearing.
