Day: October 30, 2013

K-12 budget increase drops to 5.4 percent

Thanks to a change in retirement benefit calculations, more than $7 million has been cut from the proposed FY15 school budget — all without cutting spending for education programs or funding.

Report: Teacher taped student’s mouth

North Star Charter School is saying little about the reported incident, and the complaint against fifth-grade teacher Julie Handyside.

Hear from task force members Nov. 13

Three members of the 31-person task force will discuss the plan at a City Club of Boise forum.

Caldwell goes green for school resources

Under a new curbside recycling partnership, Republic Services will send $1 from Caldwell customers’ bills to a comprehensive go-on program that starts with preschool.