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North Idaho schools at mid-level risk of coronavirus transmission
Many school districts in the area have not yet determined their back-to-school plans as they wait to see how the virus progresses.
Bonneville makes masks mandatory
East Idaho’s largest school district also approved a heavier emphasis on face-to-face learning for its more than 13,000 students.
U of I president on prospects for football: ‘I don’t know’
Nine University of Idaho student athletes have tested positive for coronavirus — and according to one published report, most team members want to sit out the 2020 football season.
Boise students will start the school year at home
Trustees voted to teach virtually until Sept. 8, and possibly return to school in person if coronavirus case rates drop.
West Ada delays school year — and pushes for some face-to-face classes
The trustees of Idaho’s largest school district want to get students into the classroom for at least part of the school year — a push that, for now, runs counter to recommendations from local health officials.
Boise, West Ada and Kuna schools placed in highest COVID-19 risk category
School boards still have the final say, but the state’s recommendation for Category 3 is for schools to be closed.
Reopening schools revolves around two issues, says district health program manager
Gina Pannell says kids need to be in schools, but how that can affect public health during a pandemic is hard to gauge.
This week’s coronavirus trendline (7.31.20 edition)
Two coronavirus trends continued over the past week. Idaho again reported its deadliest week of the outbreak. Meanwhile, new cases dropped slightly — both statewide and in the coronavirus hotspots of Ada and Canyon counties. Since Saturday, 43 Idahoans have died from COVID-19, up from 28 deaths the previous week. The state’s COVID-19 death toll…
Episode 219: Idaho’s Evolving School Reopening Debate
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a spike in cases is overtaking reopening plans in some of the state’s largest school districts.
Analysis: In a long, simmering summer of coronavirus, Boise trustees wrestle with reopening
The numbers are larger — the student and staff numbers, and the case numbers. But Boise’s school reopening dilemma is the state’s school reopening dilemma.