Sami Edge

Nampa cheers on seniors with drive-by cap and gown pickup

With the future of graduation still uncertain, Thursday’s cap-and-gown pickup was a chance for teachers and students to lift each other’s spirits.

“Whatever we could save in the current year would help us into the next year,” superintendent Wendy Johnson said.

Spending shifts, a rainy day fund and federal dollars will help Idaho weather shortfalls in tax revenue, said Idaho’s governor.

Some 15,000 kids need digital devices, and another 20,000 need home Internet.

According to the professional standards commission, up to 20 Idaho teachers have been certified to teach despite violent felony convictions.

The district will also push graduation ceremonies to late July.

Educators have found thousands of children do not have Internet at home and thousands more need an electronic device.

For international students at the College of Idaho, coronavirus means isolating on campus, far from their families and homes.

The public must still be allowed to watch or listen.

The district’s 14,000 students went back to school Tuesday — online. Generally, the feedback was encouraging.