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Lewiston floats local option sales tax proposal
After watching three school bonds fail within a decade, Lewiston leaders hope to work with Idaho School Boards Association to seek flexibility as they try to address school facilities.
News briefs from around Idaho
A “cement-breaking” ceremony was held Thursday morning to showcase the future digs of Athlos Academies headquarters in Downtown Boise. Athlos is taking over the former Macy’s Building at 10th and Idaho and a host of city leaders and Athlos employees watched a handful of dignitaries actually break cement with sledgehammers to start the…
Elections: Levies, bonds pass; Caldwell trustees recalled
Among Tuesday’s headlines: A supplemental levy passes in West Ada, and the Bonneville district finally gets the green light on a new high school.
Twin Falls tries after-school, credit-recovery program
The new program caters to students with attendance problems, teens with children or high school students with daytime jobs.
Education foundation changes lives in Cambridge
Rural Idaho community launched a non-profit organization in 2011 to supplement state and local funding so school kids have more educational opportunities.
State releases final round of SBAC numbers
Statewide test scores were largely unchanged. Testing times fell well below projections.
Four-day? Five-day? Preston considers returning to conventional schedule
Once school districts shift to a four-day calendar, they seldom switch back. But Eastern Idaho’s Preston School District is considering just such a move.
West Ada appoints interim superintendent
Following month’s of turmoil and four school days without a superintendent, West Ada trustees go in-house to name interim superintendent.
Intrigue permeates three-way race for ISBA president
Trustees from Boise, West Ada and Moscow Charter school will contend to lead the Idaho School Boards Association, a lobbying group representing board members from nearly every district and charter in Idaho.
For several districts, key elections loom Tuesday
The headliners: levies in West Ada, Nampa and Vallivue; another bond issue in Bonneville; and recalls in Caldwell.