Devin Bodkin
Elementary schools see sharpest K-12 enrollment declines
Enrollments are up in all secondary grades, but declines in lower grades drag the overall number down by more than 4,500.
Unexpectedly, I was invited to breakfast — at school
Our girls are finally slipping into a routine and starting to enjoy going to school.
In-person attendance is down during the pandemic
Requests for students to quarantine during the pandemic are dragging the numbers down.
Saturday night lights, stadium half empty at kickoff
COVID-19 affects high school football but “kids are resilient.”
Idaho Falls trustees face recall after shift to hybrid learning
Online instruction is “killing” some high schoolers, one recall organizer told EdNews.
Kindergarten enrollments are down during the pandemic
One reading expert said it could take years for the state to bounce back from impacts COVID-19 is having on the state’s youngest learners.
BYU-Idaho threatens suspensions for students intentionally contracting COVID-19
The Rexburg-based university said Monday that it is “deeply troubled” by accounts of individuals trying to catch the illness in order to sell their plasma containing antibodies for the disease.
‘There’s been nothing like it’: Our kid’s teacher talks about COVID’s impacts
Student frustrations, scheduling changes and an urgency to cover more material accompany Melissa Hunt’s bout with back-to-school 2020.
Officials place Madison County at ‘high’ risk for COVID-19
But the designation follows Eastern Idaho Public Health’s slashing of prior community guidance for counties designated as high risk.
Teton reopens elementary school
The school closed for two days last week following a “COVID-caused staffing shortage.”