Day: May 4, 2015

Key senator: Pre-K bill could pass in 2016

Emmett Republican Steven Thayn, an opponent of previous pre-K bills, made the prediction during a daylong workshop Monday.

Caldwell welding program receives a $70,000 facelift

Local companies donated all the supplies and labor and students helped with the construction, gaining hands-on experience.

Otter ‘reluctantly agreed’ to broadband budget shift

The Legislature shifted school broadband funding away from the Department of Administration — without Otter’s blessing.

Auto students compete for $25,000 scholarship

Clint McKague and Phillip Penrod from Meridian High School were the fastest in the state at repairing a 2015 Ford Fiesta at the annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills contest Friday, at the College of Western Idaho in Nampa. They completed the competition in less than 90 minutes and their work passed judges’ inspections. The duo…

Boise Music Week begins

Boise Music Week kicked off Friday night as students from the Boise School District took part in the sights and sounds of the annual gala event. More than 1,200 students sang and performed at the Taco Bell Arena with an audience of 5,000 people. The first Music Week began May 11, 1919. “Musical arts has been…