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Challenges for homeless students intensified by Idaho housing boom and COVID

Education coordinators are seeing working families priced out of their homes across the state. And once a family becomes homeless, it’s getting increasingly difficult to find a new place.

Sheriff completes investigation into alleged hazing by Fruitland football players

The Payette County prosecuting attorney said he does anticipate filing charges — but he has not decided which charges to file just yet.

Blackfoot targets learning loss among Native students

Students from nearby Fort Hall make up a large portion of the East Idaho districts student population — and its new plan to counter learning loss from the pandemic.

Child coronavirus outbreak shows signs of a significant slowdown

New cases involving 5- to 17-year-olds fell to their lowest weekly total since late August — when many public schools were reopening across Idaho.

A fall flourish: Idaho universities report enrollment increases

The rebound covers most — but not all — of the pandemic-driven enrollment losses of 2020.

Sheriff investigating alleged hazing by Fruitland High football players

A complaint says 11 members of the varsity squad restrained JV players on Thursday, and shocked one of them with a dog collar. No charges have been filed.

Feds to investigate three complaints against Wilder

The U.S. Department of Education dismissed five other allegations against the district, but will investigate concerns about its English Language Learner services.

West Ada to stop contact tracing, keep mask mandate

The district will instead notify parents if their student was in a classroom with someone who tested positive. Parents will be advised to monitor for symptoms but keep their kids in class.

Idaho’s track record does not bode well for COVID-19 vaccination rollout for kids

“We’re not selling soap here,” Dr. Steven Nemerson of the Saint Alphonsus Health System told reporters Tuesday. “We’re selling well-being. And we want to sell the truth and people have to be able to trust us.”