(From K. Kirton Niner, Co-Founder of Does This Help® – Registered Federal Trademark)

Pardon the interruption, but I ask for your attention.

I am K. Kirton Niner, Co-Founder of Does This Help®, writing as a parent, neighbor, and member of the unincorporated county islands within Maricopa County School District No. 93 — the Cave Creek Unified School District (CCUSD®).

Families like ours are not part of open enrollment; we are required to send our children to CCUSD® schools based on our geographic assignment. Our district includes students from the Town of Cave Creek, Carefree, north Scottsdale, Rio Verde, and the unincorporated lands of Rancho del Oro and beyond—a diverse blend of city, town, and county households all sharing the same classrooms.

And so I ask: What does CCUSD® truly mean when it carries a registered trademark?
That ® should stand for unity, responsibility, and fairness across every jurisdiction it serves. Instead, too often, the incorporated mindset overshadows the unincorporated reality—families like mine who live by the principles of self-governance, accountability, and respect for the land we steward.

Does This Help® is not an institution but a living question: Does this help® the child, the family, the teacher, and the community alike? If the answer is no, we change it. We don’t hide it behind branding or bureaucracy.

So again, from one registered mark to another:
Why can an unincorporated family model transparency and independence while a publicly funded district struggles to practice the same values it claims to teach?

Education should not depend on municipal boundaries. It should depend on honesty, stewardship, and respect for every student it serves.

Either the ® means something—or it doesn’t.

With sincerity, faith, and unwavering resolve,
K. Kirton Niner
Co-Founder, Does This Help®
Unincorporated, Rancho del Oro 85331 – Maricopa County School District No. 93 (CCUSD®)