So why does Idaho continue to add six charter schools a year? Each represents a new layer of administration. Each drains an average of $1.3 million in state dollars from its host district. Sure, the traditional school system has fewer children to educate, but its costs don't decline. You still need to hire a teacher whether her classroom has 24 or 23 students. Not surprisingly, some districts have found themselves raising supplemental property tax levies simply to maintain their programs after a charter school got launched in their back yards/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here. Also: Now's not the time to create charter schools/Idaho Press Tribune

• Wednesday Morning Coffee/Treasured Valley
• Every picture tells a story/Fort Boise
• Here comes Holder/Free In Idaho!
• Rhyme, reason re: opinions we publish/From The Editor
• Car kills leader of Idaho's celebrated wolf pack/Rocky Barker

Question: Should charter schools be spared/expanded at the expense of public schools?