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Report card: Ybarra responds to outside audit of her office
CCSSO auditors praise Ybarra’s vision to run a service agency and her staff’s skill, but identify several other challenges, saying her staff does not feel it has appropriate contact with her.
Kamiah starts school despite devastating fires
At least 15 children in the North Idaho community lost their homes this month in the Clearwater Complex fire, which also took the home of the high school principal. Educators decided not to postpone the start of school so those displaced would have some semblance of structure.
A community-based pre-K bill is taking shape
Rep. Christy Perry, a Nampa Republican and pre-K backer, isn’t making predictions for 2016. Passing a state pre-K law will require a “paradigm shift,” she said Wednesday.
Ybarra readies school budget, promotes standards review
Ybarra pledges the she and Gov. Butch Otter will be on the same page with their budget proposals, which will be rooted in task force recommendations.
This time around, Troy’s supplemental levy passes with ease
When school reopens on Sept. 9, all-day kindergarten should be in session, sports teams will be on the field and some staff jobs could be filled again.
Marsing breaks away from SAT Day mold
The Owyhee County high school urges students to consider their college entrance exam options — and the district puts its own money behind the idea.
West Ada mulls Nov. 3 supplemental election
District leaders say the supplemental levy would not represent a tax increase, since they would seek to reauthorize the same supplemental levy that is already on the books.
West Ada opens computer science magnet school
Sophomore Chris Johnson was all smiles on his first day of school at Centennial High School. He was sitting in what he said is “by far my favorite class.” He is a four-year track to earn a computer programing certification so he’ll be instantly employable when he graduates. “I love computers,” Johnson said. “We get…
Behind the scenes: First day of school
On Monday students in the Boise, West Ada, Kuna and Vallivue school districts headed back into the classroom. Watch what happens in a Boise elementary school on the first day – you might be surprised.