Mostly virtual and new charters netted 5,118 kids during the disruptive pandemic.
It wasn’t Santa at our door, but it might as well have been
It was our third-grader’s beloved teacher. Their relationship is the real deal, and a big deal during this pandemic.
Idaho’s average teacher salary drops by nearly $900
The decline follows five years of increases under the state’s career ladder salary law.
Why would our third grader sneak off?
“Over-parenting” and an isolating pandemic may have something to do with it.
K-12 enrollment is down by nearly 3,200 students
Despite the state’s first enrollment decline in decades, several virtual schools tallied unprecedented growth.
Pocatello-Chubbuck stays with modified learning plan
The board will meet again in mid-February to revisit the path forward.
Oneida superintendent Rich Moore to retire in June
He created Idaho’s largest online school, which added 4,500 new students this year.
Nampa superintendent’s one-time payments concerned two trustees
Paula Kellerer gave herself and staff members coronavirus-related stipends without first getting board approval. A string of emails between two board members illustrates confusion.
We met Santa … at a drive-thru
Nevermind the car door separating us all. There he was, in all his splendor, an arm’s reach away. The Big Man. Father Christmas.
Trustees select new mascot for Pocatello High School
The change takes effect at the end of the school year.