Voices

We hope that the State Department will consider the following points when communicating and assisting school districts in implementation.

Our goal is to try and have parents look at their athletes and their athletics from multiple perspectives.

The very large mamma bear inside of me rejects the assertion that insisting on standards that protect children against sexual exploitation constitutes “hate and bigotry.” 

My thoughts this month have been with Idaho youth in particular, a population for whom the Centers for Disease Control says suicide is the third leading cause of death.

Idaho is stuck in a log jam created by myopic public school bureaucrats fighting dark-money lobbies hired to wage all or nothing wars against government schools.

I’m proud that the entire Democratic Caucus voted to support our students and teachers.

While on the campaign trail in my quest to be Idaho’s superintendent, I converse with people who are concerned about critical race theory.

Where students once sought healthcare for things like runny noses and broken arms, they’re now hobbled by things like thoughts of suicide, self-harm and other mental health issues.

Our society needs activists proclaiming the wrongs they see done, and it needs people focused on specific actions affecting change.

As the stress of this student growth, matched by the inflationary pressures in building and rising interest rates, spreads across more and more of our communities we need to find creative ways to work better, smarter and across traditional boundaries.