Teton Schools won’t return for remainder of school year
The Teton County School District #1 has voted not to return to school classes this spring. …
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Second spirit rock removed from Pocatello High School
The rock, which has a unique ledge shape, was unearthed during the construction of “the palace” during the…
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ON Semiconductor grant enlists Pocatello STEAM students
Pocatello-Chubbuck School District is using a grant from ON Semiconductor to open a new Small World Initiative (SWI) Laboratory at Pocatello High…
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How BYU-Idaho was able to begin classes during a pandemic
While many schools finished its spring semester online and are on break until fall, Brigham Young University- Idaho, who runs on a track system,…
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Pocatello Mayoral scholarship recipients announced
The 2020 “Pocatello’s Promise of Tomorrow Mayoral Scholarship” recipients have been…
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ISU President Kevin Satterlee’s graduation video
Idaho State University President Kevin Satterlee has made a video for this spring’s graduates won’t be walking at commencement ceremonies in Holt…
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Woodlands Hills Elementary students miss teachers
The students at Woodland Hills Elementary School put up signs and posters on the school fence for…
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First-generation student graduates ISU without ceremony
Graduating from ISU isn’t just a triumph for Selene Ortiz, she says she did it for her family and…
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ISU graduates celebrate without commencement ceremony
Nearly 2,000 Idaho State University students are graduating without a ceremony on…
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School districts are preparing for future school closures due to COVID-19
“We’re looking at it as if it’s a ‘when’ we need to do it rather than an ‘if’ because it’s highly likely that we may need to do some other learning,…
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Student’s help design school pride themed police vehicles
The Idaho Falls Police Department is debuting a new school pride themed patrol…
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ISU cuts budget by millions, plans for layoffs and furloughs
With a grim outlook for the school’s budget, Idaho State University President Kevin Satterlee announced plans for deep…
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State Board of Education approves revised re-entry criteria for public schools
The Idaho State Board of Education approved revisions to its re-entry criteria for schools to resume normal operations…
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Local children’s museum to set up in Pine Ridge Mall
My World Discover Museum is planning to open in the fall at the Pine Ridge Mall in…
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ISU advertising team places in national competition
A group of Idaho State University students is celebrating its success in a national…
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Hillcrest HS administration honors seniors with signs
The principal and assistant principals of Hillcrest High School in Ammon placed nearly 250 yard signs at the home of every 2020…
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School District 25 to hold graduation processions for the Class of 2020
Due to social distancing guidelines, a traditional graduation is out of the question. Instead, School District 25 will be holding a graduation…
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Pocatello High School renovation starts phase 2 early
With students out of class before summer break, School District 25 is making headway on a big…
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PCSD 25 to host graduation processions
Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 has announced plans to host alternative graduation celebrations for the Class of 2020.…
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Some Wyoming schools decide to remain closed for the year
Some Wyoming school districts are deciding to remain closed for the rest of the school year.…
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Idaho’s top school official sues lawmakers, education board
Lawmakers violated the state constitution, Idaho’s top school official said in a lawsuit, by approving two laws that are an attack on her office by…
Continue Reading State Board of Education to meet Monday
The Idaho State Board of Education will hold a virtual special Board meeting in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, April 27, 2020 beginning…
Continue Reading Updates on local school district’s status
Idaho officials have extended the statewide school closure because of COVID-19 through the end of the academic year, or until social distancing…
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Distict 25 announces grading and graduation plans
The Pocatello Chubbuck School Board voted Friday morning to adopt a new grading system for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.…
Continue Reading ISU professor emeritus, AAAS Fellow Wayne Minshall dies at age 81
Idaho State University professor emeritus and researcher Wayne Minshall died April 21 at the age of…
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Teton County schools to close until mid May
Teton County School District #1 has announced it will remain closed through May 15 and possibly for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school…
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Idaho Falls schools extend closure, make graduation plans
The Idaho Falls District 91 school board has voted to extend the soft closure and continue remote learning through the end of the school year.…
Continue Reading Bingham Academy using 3D printers in the fight against coronavirus
Without students, Bingham Academy has put its 3D printers to good use, enrolling them in the fight against coronavirus.…
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School districts across the state need help providing home internet access to students
IBE is asking for the communities help to fund the hotspots for students all across the state. You can make your donation to a specific school…
Continue Reading ISU enrollment stalls after promising increase
ISU saw an increase in applications, admissions, housing and scholarship applications before the pandemic…
Continue Reading Adapting Idaho’s public education system in unprecedented times
Idaho State Board of Education President Debbie Critchfield released the following…
Continue Reading Boise State implements staff furloughs including athletics
Boise State head football coach Bryan Harsin and other coaches and athletic department employees earning more than $40,000 per year will be…
Continue Reading State Department of Education awards grants
The State Department of Education has announced grant awards under the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers…
Continue Reading With schools closed, more Idaho students start farm jobs
With students completing school work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, officials say more youths are filling their days by doing farm labor…
Continue Reading State Board of Education special meeting scheduled Monday
The Idaho State Board of Education will hold a virtual special Board meeting on Monday to continue discussions on impacts to Idaho’s public…
Continue Reading Local woman selling stickers for quarantine graduates of 2020
A local woman is helping seniors commemorate a special graduation with unique…
Continue Reading Virus: Idaho school district furloughs 145 employees
A school district in Idaho has furloughed more than half of its employees due to the extended coronavirus…
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D93 updates on school closures, graduation and meals for students
Bonneville School District 93 has updated its school closure until the end of the year along with competency-based learning for students, changes to…
Continue Reading State Board of Education approved criteria for schools to resume normal operations
The Idaho State Board of Education approved minimum criteria for public school districts and charter schools to use in deciding whether to resume…
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ISU to offer more online courses this fall
The ISU College of Business will continue many of its emergency online courses this…
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ISU plans for budget cuts because of coronavirus
All state universities are crafting plans to deal with loss of revenue. In ISU’s case, that could mean slicing the 2021 budget by six…
Continue Reading Utah becomes latest state to cancel rest of school year
Utah is joining more than 20 other states in canceling in-person classes at public schools for the rest of the school year to prevent the spread of…
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PCSD 25 extends remote learning for duration of school year
The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees voted to continue remote learning for the duration of the school year in a special…
Continue Reading CARES Act funding for higher education and how dual credit will be awarded
Idaho’s public higher education institutions are expected to receive more than $36 million in federal relief funding as a result of the CARES Act…
Continue Reading Illicit video infiltrates school program
The Bonneville School District informed parents Friday that someone infiltrated its “Google Meets” program to display a pornographic video.…
Continue Reading ISU instructor helping students get hands-on experience from home
An Idaho State University automotive instructor is working to give his students the hands-on learning experience they need to learn from home.…
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A lawyers take on BYU-I student’s Spring housing contracts
“They have a legal right to cancel the contract that the landlord, quite frankly, doesn’t really have a say in it, they don’t get to say ‘no you have…
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District uses donations to purchase personal mobile hotspots
Bonneville School District #93 purchased mobile hotspots with donations from the Internet Connectivity Fund for students in…
Continue Reading Ammon educator nominated for national award
Sandcreek Middle School teacher Shanon Blosch, of Ammon, has been nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award.…
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Advice for parents homeschooling, from a teacher
Behrend is encouraging parents to focus on what works for their family–and that can mean unconventional learning…
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Blackfoot School District will move to 4-day week
School districts statewide are deciding what to do with the remainder of the academic year. In Blackfoot, no decision has been made yet, but the…
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Judge orders release of report on offensive school flyers
A Wyoming judge has ordered the release of a school district’s investigative report on bullying and harassment at a junior high school in Cheyenne…
Continue Reading PCSD 25 launches remote learning with checkout of more than 6,000 Chromebook devices
The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 rolled out its district-wide remote learning program on Monday.…
Continue Reading Soft closures for all Idaho schools extended
Idaho officials have extended the statewide school closure because of the coronavirus through the end of the academic year, or until social…
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Statewide effort launched to get computers and internet to Idaho students
Idaho Business for Education (IBE) is announcing a statewide initiative called the Community Activation Project to help students continue their…
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University of Wyoming plans virtual graduation amid COVID-19
The University of Wyoming has canceled traditional graduation and will instead hold virtual commencement ceremonies because of the…
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Online learning tools aren’t completely new for students in the Sugar-Salem district
“The online learning transition has gone rather smoothly. We’ve been using one to one devices in our school for seven…
Continue Reading ISU uses 3D printers to produce coronavirus personal protection equipment
ISU has been 3D-printing face shield and face mask components since…
Continue Reading PCSD 25 releases updates and information regarding remote learning services
Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 has announced remote learning for all students will begin on Monday, April…
Continue Reading Students learn how to learn online
For most of eastern Idaho, the day has arrived when students return to class from a long spring break.…
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CEI to offer all GenEd classes online for summer semester
College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) has announced the summer semester will be offered fully…
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Pocatello-Chubbuck school board announces plans
The Pocatello-Chubbuck School Board met in special session Saturday to begin to lay out future plans for the school…
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Superintendent updates school closures and COVID-19 for families of D93
Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme sent out a letter to update parents of students in the…
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Relief in the form of food for Idaho educators
RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- In difficult times we can always find comfort in Idaho’s best. For, Jefferson Joint School District 251, that relief came…
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Online education takes shape in our schools
RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- Students will eventually return to the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Change is the word of the day at Jefferson…
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Fish and Game says you can still hunt and social distance, get license online
Fish and Game is not restricting hunting and fishing access during the stay-at-home…
Continue Reading Idaho state board orders 4-week school ‘soft closure’
The Idaho State Board of Education has directed all public school districts and charter schools to immediately implement a “soft closure” of all…
Continue Reading Utah school closure extended during coronavirus outbreak
Classes at Utah schools will remain dismissed at least through May 1, Gov. Gary Herbert said Monday as the number of diagnosed cases of the new…
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BYU-Idaho cancels on-campus classes and students want their housing contract terminated. Here’s what the housing association is considering
“We have lots of things to consider as complex owners, financial and other obligations, that we have the students are foremost on our minds”…
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Bronco Bus Bites supply Blackfoot students with lunch
The spread of COVID-19 has forced districts to temporarily pause school, leaving children without school…
Continue Reading Superintendent talks about district changes due to COVID-19
Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme, Superintendent of Bonneville School District #93 talks about the recent challenges of closing schools due to the COVID-19…
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D91 launches grab ‘n go food program on March 23
Idaho Falls School District 91 is launching a “Grab ‘n Go” food program to support families impacted by the school closures necessitated by the…
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Blackfoot School District launches free grab n’ go meals for children
he Blackfoot School District has launched a program “Bronco Bus Bites” to distribute sack lunches to all children ages one to 18 via bus routes.…
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BYU-Idaho Spring Semester to be held remotely and online
With the ongoing concerns related to COVID-19, Spring Semester 2020 courses at Brigham Young University Idaho will be held remotely and online.…
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District 91 board plans for meal pick-up, and tables bond
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – Idaho Falls School District 91 announced its plans to set-up a meal pick-up program for kids. More details will be…
Continue Reading D93 launches free emergency meals program
The USDA has granted flexibility for the Bonneville Joint School District 93 Child Nutrition Program to offer meals to school-aged children during…
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Jefferson School District Grab-N-Go food service program
Due to the school closure, Jefferson School District will be offering Grab-N-Go lunches and next day breakfast to children 1-18 years of…
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College of Southern Idaho names new president
A provost from a New York community college will be the College of Southern Idaho’s next…
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Portneuf Library to close temporarily
The Portneuf Library will close due to the concerns of the novel…
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D93 schools to be open Tuesday, closed Wednesday
UPDATE 3/16/20: Bonneville School District 93 will be open Tuesday. On Wednesday, schools will be closed for students. You can read Superintendent…
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School districts struggle with decisions amid outbreak
AMMON, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)- School districts have been struggling with the decision to stay open or not. Even before the first confirmed case of…
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Idaho Falls School District 91 now closes Tuesday
UPDATE 3/16/20: Idaho Falls School District 91 will close schools effective Tuesday, March 17, through at least the end of Spring Break.…
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Idaho Gov: It’s up to individual school districts to close school
Update: School District Idaho’s Governor said it will be up to the individual school districts to decide if they will cancel school as a precaution…
Continue Reading Pocatello-Chubbuck School board to move ahead with classwork
The Pocatello-Chubbuck School District will not close schools this week. At least, not…
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Wyoming recommends school closures, but leaves decisions open
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KIFI/KIDK)-Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and State School Superintendent Jillian Balow are recommending all Wyoming schools remain…
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Teton County, Wyoming schools close Monday
The Teton County, Wyoming School District #1 will close Monday until at least April 5. …
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Blaine County Schools to close Monday
All Blaine County schools will be closed Monday after a case of COVID-19 was…
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ISU cancels/postpones events, spring break extended
Idaho State University has announced the cancelation or postponement of a number of upcoming large-scale events planned over the next four weeks.…
Continue Reading Lillian Vallely School starts spring break one week early
Lillian Vallely School has made the decision to extend spring break to two weeks. It will be March 16-27.…
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Australian company partners with ISU Accelerator
An Australian radiopharmaceutical company has signed a Product Supply Agreement with the Idaho State University Accelerator…
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Jazz encounter presents opportunity to American Heritage
Encounters with the Utah Jazz created some concern, then an opportunity for the American Heritage Charter School in Idaho Falls this…
Continue Reading District: People are in favor of 4-day week
Blackfoot School District Superintendent Brian Kress said a recent survey showed that more than 80% of district parents, teachers and students were…
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What school districts are doing to prevent and prepare for the coronavirus
The big debate centered on how to know when to cancel school for the district or move classes to an online…
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Utah State University moves academic courses online
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to our campus communities, Utah State University will move academic courses online on Wednesday, March…
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Childcare in Idaho is problem for us all
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – 479 million dollars. That’s the amount of money Idaho loses each year due to childcare issues. The reason was…
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ISU names College of Education Dean
After a national search that began last fall, Idaho State University has named Jean McGivney-Burelle as the university’s new dean of the College of…
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School funding levies on local ballots Tuesday
In addition to the Presidential preference primaries of the Republican, Democratic, and Constitution Parties, voters will be deciding a number of…
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Grace Lutheran packs 40k meals in record time
Grace Lutheran High School set aside two hours on both Friday and Saturday to pack 40,000 meals for the Idaho Foodbank.…
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40,000 meals for the food bank: Grace Lutheran hosts Meals of Hope event
Grace Lutheran High School is working to send 40,000 meals to the Idaho…
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ISU Health Fair planned Thursday
The 30th annual ISU Community Health Fair is underway…
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