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Despite retirement, Bauscher’s influence in education lives on
Rich Bauscher, who was once the youngest superintendent in Idaho, still refuses to call it quits on the eve of his 70th birthday.
Rigby school shooter still in state custody
The 12-year-old girl who shot and wounded two students and a janitor at Rigby Middle School last year will remain in the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections’ custody until her 19th birthday or until the Custody Review Board deems her rehabilitated.
Idaho legislator who lost the closest legislative primary election will request recount
Rep. Scott Syme, R-Caldwell, will submit a letter to the Idaho Attorney General’s Office formally requesting the recount after the State Board of Canvassers certify election results by Wednesday’s deadline, Syme told the Idaho Capital Sun.
Analysis: This negotiating season, will teacher pay raises meet expectations?
More money. More variables. Administrators and local union leaders are trying to figure out how to spend a huge increase in K-12 budgets — in hopes of keeping teachers in Idaho classrooms.
Weiser adopts four-day school week
The rural district joins dozens of others across the state that have dropped Fridays from their school calendars.
We sent our kids to school today, with trepidation
Our stomachs still turned from Tuesday’s news. Another school shooting. More people dead, mostly young children this time. More families devastated.
Biden after Uvalde school shooting: ‘Why are we willing to live with this carnage?’
President Biden urged lawmakers to act after 18 students and a teacher were shot and killed at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday.
Blaine County parent group emerges to support school choice
Push Back Idaho was founded by parents — for parents — and has added over 200 members in a year.
Boise, West Ada to offer limited half-day kindergarten options
Boise will offer half-day kindergarten in only one elementary school. The district says fewer than 20 children are enrolled for the option.
West Ada selects new trustee
David Binetti, a management consultant who last year fought to make masks optional in Idaho’s largest school district, will now fill the district’s vacant Zone 4 seat.