Day: March 25, 2013
From firehouse to fitness center
Kids give a Boise building a facelift.
Old news? Four-day schools’ savings modest
The State Department of Education studied four-day school calendars and cost savings for school districts — in 2008. A recent newspaper story is bringing this five-year-old study some new attention.
Students serve community over spring break
For 113 Boise area high school students, spring break got off to a busy start Monday. They volunteered to help on a student-organized community service project.
Statehouse endgames: charter bills on hold
The Senate delayed a vote on two controversial charter schools bills Monday. Details on those bills — and the rest of the legislative endgame.
How iPads fit into a budget battle
The Senate is fixing for a fight Wednesday over the 2013-14 public schools budget. And one small-town elementary school’s technology program appears to be in the midst of the battle.
For schools, $30.6 million is in jeopardy
The 2012-13 budget fix for public schools — which seemed to be a legislative slam dunk — is now caught in the end-of-session endgame.