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Opposition to Idaho Falls’ $110 million bond issue gains traction

A grassroots group is attacking the district’s claim that the measure won’t trigger a tax hike.

Bingham County detectives had been investigating the Aug. 27 incident, which occurred at the school and left another juvenile injured.

Rampant growth and a developing tax base have wafted local property taxes to unprecedented levels compared to districts of similar size.

Administrators say alternative assignments will be provided to students concerned about a sexually charged passage in the book.

The petition has garnered over 500 signatures and 200 comments from people across Idaho, and overseas.

The prospect of banning a book in this East Idaho district fueled a social media firestorm this week.

Students in East Idaho are more likely to go on a two-year mission right out of high school, which affects first-year college go-on rates.

A teacher at the school may be linked to the incident, though police aren’t yet providing details about the case, which is still under review.

A social change campaign set out to help Idaho teens develop more confidence to go to college.

The vast majority of Sugar-Salem High School’s roughly 125 juniors took the state’s other acceptable college-entrance exam, the ACT.