Child nutritionists have been passing out meals outside of Compass Academy and Skyline High School every morning this week. Wednesday morning’s offerings included chicken breakfast sandwiches and a Styrofoam cup of chili for lunch, along with fresh fruit and milk that was kept cold in a sepa…

Bonneville High School was one of the first schools in eastern Idaho to close this fall due to the coronavirus. School and district officials say that the events of the last few days show the plan to limit the spread of the virus is working.

A socially conservative legal group is asking a federal appeals court to let the state of Idaho enforce a law barring transgender girls and women from playing on female high school and college sports teams.

Two major outages to the Google Drive system this month underscore the concerns that come with the increased demand for remote classes.

BOISE — A committee helping oversee Idaho’s $1.25 billion share of the federal government’s $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package on Tuesday approved spending $150 million to help educate students.

Bonneville High School will be closed for two days after a student who was at the school Tuesday tested positive for the coronavirus.

At least two more school districts in eastern Idaho have chosen to expand their free lunch programs through a federal grant.

Name: L.J. Krumenacker

Olivia Stauffer was given two computers to help her daughters learn online during the spring, a Chromebook from American Heritage Charter School and a desktop through a Melaleuca program. The only problem was that she didn’t have internet access at home.

Bonneville Joint School District 93 added new details to its school reopening plan Wednesday night to potentially limit the length of temporary closures and quarantines.

CARES Act funds to be tapped

Nearly 1,000 students began their school year in Idaho Falls School District 91 on Tuesday with a slate of online classes.

Bonneville Joint School District 93 will be providing free meals to all students through much of the rest of 2020.

The second full week of classes for local schools has begun with 11 cases of the coronavirus reported across eight separate schools.

POCATELLO — Some consider the Pocatello High School mascot to be a dignified tribute to Native Americans, while others insist it’s flat-out racist.

Name: Linda Atwood

Visitors to upcoming sports events at Idaho Falls High School and Skyline High School will be screened by a new, high-tech device.

College of Eastern Idaho announced a coronavirus case related to the school Thursday, the third possible exposure reported by the college since it began classes on Aug. 24.

College of Eastern Idaho trustees Craig Miller and Cal Ozaki have filed for re-election, and no one has filed to face them.

Students return to school during COVID

Name: Courtney Coon

LOGAN, Utah — One day before the fall semester begins at Utah State University, the COVID-19 pandemic has generated a crisis with high levels of the virus detected in the sewage of four dorms and the university announcing a quarantine of students in those facilities.

Nearly six months after schools were closed due to the coronavirus, the majority of Bonneville County students will be returning to classes Monday.

Butte County School District 111 is moving to an alternating-day schedule after the county was placed at a high-risk level for the coronavirus.

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As the new school year begins in eastern Idaho, the majority of large school districts are preparing to have students in class on nearly all days of the week.

Alturas International Academy has been approved to begin work on a new high school that is expected to open next fall.

A longtime teacher at Rigby High School and former member of the Idaho State Department of Education standards committee has been selected for a lifetime achievement award.

School districts are reaching out to the Idaho Falls community to address a shortage of substitute teachers heading into the school year.

Aug. 31 will be the new start date for all students in Idaho Falls School District 91.

Idaho Falls School District 91 has called a special board meeting Thursday night to discuss delaying the start of the school year from Aug. 26 until Sept. 8.

Protesters have begun gathering outside the Idaho Falls School District 91 office, in an escalation to the opposition over the last week to the school district’s plan to begin fall classes.

Sandcreek Middle School principal Yvonne Thurber was one of the five educators selected to take part in the Leadership Institute held by the Idaho Division of Career Technical Education.

Alturas International Academy brought students back into the classroom Monday morning as it began the school year with half-day lessons.

The Idaho Falls Education Association has come out in opposition to the new version of the school reopening plan that was approved Wednesday by the Idaho Falls School District 91 board of trustees.

Before voting on the fall reopening plan Wednesday night, the Idaho Falls School District 91 board heard 90 minutes of comment from parents, staff members and others in the community. The vast majority of those who spoke during the public comment wanted to have kids physically in school and …

After five hours of public input and trustee discussion, the Idaho Falls School District 91 board has approved a plan for fall classes during its Wednesday night meeting.

An all-online school option has debuted in Idaho Falls School District 91 and will be open for enrollment through Aug. 19.

Students can begin registering for fall classes in Idaho Falls School District 91 early next week, shortly before the district finalizes plans for the upcoming school year.

First coronavirus case at the college reported Tuesday

The remote classes promised by the defunct and scandalized Idaho Education Network were never phased out in some districts in eastern Idaho. And the system could help Bonneville Joint School District 93 solve a problem caused by the lack of French teachers this fall.

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Jamie and Garth Braithwaite wanted their family to stay with Idaho Falls School District 91 as long as they could. They had five school-age children, ranging from first to ninth grade, who were enrolled in the district for the upcoming school year. Last spring, Jamie was selected as the next…

Bonneville Joint School District has approved an updated plan for the upcoming school year, modifying its phases to keep students in school for longer and requiring masks at all times.

Bonneville Joint School District 93 has called a special meeting Wednesday night for the board of trustees to update the plans for the upcoming school year.

Stevens-Henager College will fully close its location in Idaho Falls in September, as part of a plan to teach-out students at 13 locations owned by the nonprofit college chain Center for Excellence in Higher Education Inc.

Idaho Falls School District 91 has officially approved its reentry plan for classes beginning on Aug. 26.

Bonneville Joint School District 93 has approved the initial draft of its four-phase fall reentry plan for the upcoming school year.

BOISE — Gov. Brad Little expects Idaho schools to reopen in the fall.

The College of Eastern Idaho has been known as the Falcons for years, but until recently they did not have a live version of the animal.

Advocates for a ballot initiative to boost education funding in Idaho by raising income taxes on corporations and the rich plan to start gathering signatures again early next week.