Bonneville School District
Doctors ask Idaho Falls trustees to require masks in elementary schools
Recommending masks doesn’t go far enough, 14 area doctors say.
‘Utter contempt:’ Bonneville critics rip $2 million emergency levy
The levies are designed to help districts accommodate enrollment increases, and Bonneville has used this option for at least a decade. Statewide, districts will collect $11.5 million in emergency levies.
Bonneville postpones hiring a deputy superintendent for financial and political reasons
The decision is to replace a six-figure payout to the former superintendent and appease the community.
Districts ponder next steps after failed bond issues
Aug. 27 was a rough election day for school districts across Idaho. Six bond issues failed, leaving more than $154 million in school projects in limbo.
Middleton trustees survive recall; Lakeland, Bonneville bond issues fail
Only one bond issue passed Tuesday: a $17 million measure in East Idaho’s Sugar-Salem School District.
Bonneville to increase $39.5 million bond issue
The district’s maintenance and operations director says the plan to build a new elementary school and fund other structural upgrades will likely cost millions of dollars more than previously anticipated.
Districts impose $9.2 million in emergency levies
Growing school districts can impose the levies without getting voter approval. And in one district, trustees bypassed a vote on a $1.8 million levy.
Idaho Falls, Middleton bond issues fall short, again
It was a $207 million Election Day across the state. Voters approved less than $71 million in school ballot measures.
Trustees concealed Shackett’s six-figure payout
The Bonneville School Board agreed to a hefty retirement payout without discussing the matter in an open meeting.
Bonneville modifies gender-identity policy
The changes deal primarily with restroom and dressing room use for transgender students.