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Acting president Greg South will be paid $235,000 annually to head the embattled community college. President Nick Swayne remains on paid administrative leave, receiving $230,000 per year. These combined salaries eclipse the presidents’ pay at any of Idaho’s four-year school.

“While we cannot bring back Maddie, Kaylee, Xana and Ethan, we can thoughtfully and purposefully carry their legacy forward in the work we do,” University of Idaho President C. Scott Green said in a memo to students and employees Friday.

“By statute, Idaho community colleges are governed by locally elected boards of trustees, not the State Board of Education,” the board said in a statement sent to Idaho Education News Wednesday. “(The State Board) does not have authority over general governance of the college.”

The first false alarm at Saturday’s board meeting was pulled deliberately, the Coeur d’Alene Press reported. The second false alarm was accidental, and occurred when a worker tried to reset the alarm.

During an unruly three-hour meeting Saturday afternoon, trustees read a letter from former interim President Michael Sebaaly, in which the former wrestling coach said he had no interest in returning on an acting basis.

The charges against former Star Middle School principal Tony Nelson were dismissed with prejudice, meaning they cannot be refiled, the Idaho Statesman reported Tuesday.

Police elaborate on their decision to realize only limited information on the slayings. And the victims’ surviving roommates break their silence.

“I hope you find solace, as we do, knowing that thousands of people stand in solidarity with us and mourn alongside us,” University of Idaho President C. Scott Green said Friday.

The case involved a person who “attended Centennial High School for 50 days between May and October 2022,” Central District Health said Tuesday.

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