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Garden Valley installs firearms in school
Trustees in the remote district agreed to a safety plan that includes arming teachers because sheriff response time could take 45 minutes and “the potential loss of life could be catastrophic.”
State terminates school improvement director
Greg Alexander, who worked at the State Department of Education since early 2012, will not be replaced.
Lawyering up: One district’s expensive year
Here’s how the Blaine County School District ran up more than $600,000 in legal fees — and why it might be a fluke.
Twin Falls breaks ground on first of three new schools
Rock Creek Elementary is scheduled to open for the 2016-17 school year, while another new elementary and middle school are set for ground-breaking ceremonies in the coming weeks.
Art students give downtown Nampa a facelift
About 20 Idaho Arts Charter School students hung 160 black-and-white face portraits in downtown Nampa.
Caldwell preschoolers graduate P16 program
It was a big day for 31 Caldwell preschoolers on Thursday — the kids graduated from the P16 Caldwell Education Project. Parents filled the Jewett Auditorium at the College of Idaho with balloons and flowers to celebrate the success. Five-year-old Reece Sessions was part of the graduating class and will attend kindergarten at Wilson Elementary…
Renaissance students earn college degrees
This year’s graduating class features 47 students who have earned an associates’s degree through the school and state’s dual credit program.
Bonneville likely to seek bond issue recount
The Eastern Idaho district’s $56.1 million bond issue appeared to fail by just 17 votes, but election workers have acknowledged some errors inputing precinct results.
The transition to a four-day school week
On Thursday, the Homedale School District wrapped up its first year on a four-day school calendar. What did teachers and administrators learn?
Lawmakers promise to support innovation
Sen. Dean Mortimer and Rep. Wendy Horman agreed on Thursday the state needs to find ways to support new learning models.