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Idaho Falls charter plans expansion
The K-6 public charter school is asking the Idaho Public Charter Commission to authorize Alturas Preparatory Academy, a secondary charter that would serve hundreds students in the Idaho Falls, Boneville and Shelley school districts.
Charter administrators received $51,000 in undocumented payments
The payments are not in White Pine Charter School board agendas or minutes, but they do appear in payroll records, according to an Idaho Education News investigation.
‘No longer my life’: A pandemic through sixth-grade eyes
Madison Middle School teacher Sarah Jones asked her sixth graders to document their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what they’re saying.
Blackfoot buses meals to kids at home
The district’s “Bus Bites” program allows kids 18 years old and younger to grab a free lunch at their bus stop or outside of their elementary school.
Firth names new superintendent
Brandon Hammond, principal of Boardman, Ore.-based Sam Boardman Elementary School, will start the district’s outgoing superintendent in June.
Teacher retention concerns revive push for four-day schools
Two districts recently dropped Fridays from their calendars. One of East Idaho’s largest might do the same.
Snake River hires Hagerman superintendent
Mark Kress replaces retiring Superintendent David Kerns.
Tackling hunger: These students put a food pantry in their school
Gaby Bobadilla and Dayana Medellin didn’t like that some of their peers were going hungry, so they put a food pantry in their high school.
White Pine trustees acknowledge second open meeting violation in five months
Trustees admitted Tuesday to secretly approving payouts for major facilities projects during a Jan. 22 executive session.
Authorities awaiting audit results in financial probe of Blackfoot charters
As a result, the investigation may “take a little longer,” Bingham County Prosecutor Paul Rogers said.