IDAHO
Election 2020: Deadline to request absentee ballot is Friday
Idahoans can still register and vote in-person on Election Day.
In-person attendance is down during the pandemic
Requests for students to quarantine during the pandemic are dragging the numbers down.
State Board of Education modifies school reopening plan
The State Board added an additional risk category and did away with the recommendation to move to full remote learning in the highest risk category.
Caldwell High goes remote after staff COVID quarantines
The district doesn’t have enough substitutes to open the building while 14 percent of staff are quarantined.
In-person school set to resume Wednesday in West Ada
The district was forced to cancel school Monday and Tuesday when hundreds of teachers called in sick to protest in-person learning. The district is not expecting that to happen again Wednesday.
U of I enrollment drops by 9.5 percent
A sharp dropoff in dual-credit enrollment accounted for much of the decrease. Enrollment numbers should come from other colleges and universities within days.
Free education symposium planned for Friday
Diane Ravitch, Sonia Galaviz and Cindy Wilson will speak about the state of public education.
West Ada cancels school again for Tuesday
District officials said 440 teachers called in sick for Tuesday.
Campus coronavirus roundup, 10.19.20: Classes return to normal at U of I
While case numbers did improve on the Moscow campus, numbers increased at most public and private colleges in the state.
Parents divided on merits of West Ada ‘sickout’
School was canceled Monday because district leaders could not find enough substitute teachers to fill in for teachers who called in sick.