Devin Bodkin

Pocatello-Chubbuck tables high school boundary change

Trustees said they hope to use extra community input to carve up new boundaries by early March. The original target date was Jan. 11. 

Report: One in five Idaho teachers leave their schools

Turnover is highest among the state’s high-poverty and low-income schools, the report shows.

Wendell hires Minico football coach as superintendent

Tim Perrigot will replace 14-year superintendent Greg Lowe, who announced his retirement in October, according to a Thursday report from the Twin Falls Times-News.

Bonneville drops $25 million elementary school bond measure

The decision reduces the district’s March bond issue for a new middle school to $35 million.

Pocatello-Chubbuck dumps open enrollment, approves boundaries

Trustees adopted new middle school boundaries, but tabled the district’s much-anticipated high school boundary changes for at least another week.

Idaho Falls revises bond issue

Trustees met Friday morning to pinpoint ways to whittle the $110 million measure that would have rebuilt Idaho Falls High School and extensively remodeled Skyline High School.

Open enrollment fuels school-boundary tug-of-war

Pocatello-Chubbuck leaders consider enforcing boundaries to balance enrollment and socioeconomic disparities among the district’s three high schools.

Pocatello-Chubbuck patrons split over boundary-change prospect

The proposal to carve up new school boundaries and end a popular open-enrollment policy has spurred a tug of war for land in the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District.

Idaho college-savings investments grow by $47 million

IDeal, Idaho’s state-sponsored college-savings program, revealed the upswing in a recent year-end report on how families do — or don’t — save up for college. 

Top education stories of 2017

You may have missed some of our top stories in 2017, but don’t worry — here’s a recap of the year’s top education stories in Idaho, and the issues surrounding them.