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Another contract extension, another open meetings dispute

A contract extension for Blaine County district Superintendent GwenCarol Holmes is on hold.

The former Lakeland School District superintendent is in town for interviews this week. The district says it is reviewing other applicants.

The public will have a chance to meet the superintendent’s finalist at a community forum Tuesday night.

Rep. Mike Simpson was the lone member of Idaho’s congressional delegation to support the overhaul.

The bill passed 85-12; Idaho Republican Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch opposed it.

Our five-day series on four-day schools in Idaho — neatly summarized in one 11-minute podcast with Education Writers Association.

According to one superintendent’s doctoral research, students in Montana’s four-day schools lose ground on standardized tests.

This week’s topics: the superintendent’s vacancies in West Ada and Middleton.

The bill replacing the 2002 No Child Left Behind law now heads to the Senate.

Trustees will meet behind closed doors Thursday evening to start reviewing applications.