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Bonneville trims Shackett’s separation payments by $59,000
Bonneville trustees approved an addendum to Shackett’s original separation agreement with the district. He’ll now leave the district in May instead of December.
Online learning fuels Oneida’s continued, massive growth
Nearly 1,000 additional online students helped the remote district garner millions in state tax dollars, which are largely diverted to for-profit digital curriculum providers. These students perform well below their brick-and-mortar peers on standardized tests.
Charter commission expedites improvement deadlines for embattled charter school
Blackfoot has an April 1 deadline to clean up financial practices if it wants to stay open.
Diverse resume made him Bonneville’s best bet
The incoming superintendent of East Idaho’s largest school district says education “always comes back to teaching and learning.”
Ririe names superintendent finalists
Candidates include the longtime former superintendent of a nearby school district, three East Idaho school administrators and a Wyoming middle school principal.
State finds ‘financial distress’ at Blackfoot charter schools
A lack of “strong internal controls” of finances has fueled cashflow challenges at the schools, according to an investigation by the Idaho Public Charter School Commission.
Bonneville names new superintendent
Scott Woolstenhulme will replace outgoing superintendent Chuck Shackett at the end of this school year.
Insurance company to cover stolen funds in Teton
The more than $300,000 will reimburse what the district lost to an email scam.
AG outlines renewal conditions for embattled charter school
The state is recommending changes to the school’s financial practices, training for trustees and improved academic achievement.
Sugar-Salem considering four-day school week
Trustees have been mulling the change since December and could make a final decision during a school board meeting Wednesday night.