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• School districts upgrading broadband

  November 1, 2011 in Business on Page A7 The Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls school districts are ramping up their broadband connections, installing 2-gigabit fiber connections provided by Fatbeam Inc. Fatbeam, based in Post Falls, signed contracts that …

• Bus cuts hit the farther flung

  September 14, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Three generations of Michelle Parkin’s family have taken the bus to Coeur d’Alene schools from the same Wolf Lodge area bus stop, until this year. Cutbacks forced the district to … 2

• Area school districts dish up students’ nutrition

  September 6, 2011 in City on Page A5 Nutrition directors in Spokane Public Schools, Mead and Coeur d’Alene school districts have worked hard in recent years to make breakfast and lunch options better for students. Pizza, for example, …

• Schools to instruct staff, students on how to help suicidal youths

  August 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 Before they dove into discussions about technology updates and special education, administrators and principals in the Coeur d’Alene School District began a Wednesday morning management retreat with training in suicide-prevention … 7

• Schools could get cash infusion

  June 25, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 NAMPA, Idaho – Idaho school districts are cautiously preparing to restore several cutbacks after being advised the state likely will distribute about $50 million in one-time payments next month if …

• Summer meals help bridge nutrition gap

  June 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 Nutrition is vital to sustain a child’s growth and learning, and for some children school is the only place where they can get a balanced meal. The summer meals program … 1

• Students weigh fairy tale evidence

  May 21, 2011 in City on Page B1 In the end, it was a simple case of self-defense. Although the defendants did not dispute sending the plaintiff to the hospital with compound fractures in both legs, the jury …

• Longtime CdA Schools trustee resigns

  May 19, 2011 in Idaho A longtime trustee with the Coeur d’Alene School Board resigned Thursday, citing personal reasons. Edie McLachlan, formerly Brooks, is newly married, and said she plans to move out of the … 2

• Recent attacks prompt CdA district to form task force

  April 8, 2011 in News, Idaho Coeur d’Alene School District’s superintendent is pulling together a task force focused on student behavior. The decision comes in the wake of two knife attacks at district middle schools. 1

• Lakes Middle School student threatens another with knife

  April 6, 2011 in News, City For the second time in less than a month, a North Idaho middle school student has been arrested for aggravated assault. 3

• Pilot program gives students jump-start on foreign language

  March 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 Bienvenidos, estudiantes. Esto es la clase de español para el grado ocho. Until this year, that phrase – “Welcome, students. This is eighth-grade Spanish” – was foreign to Spokane Public … 15

• Middle school stabbing suspect leaves district

  March 24, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A6 The student who allegedly stabbed another at Woodland Middle School two weeks ago is no longer enrolled in the Coeur d’Alene School District. On March 11, one eighth-grade boy stabbed … 1

• Online classes are becoming ‘the way that education is done’

  March 23, 2011 in City on Page A5 Online classes are nothing new to North Idaho educators at the high school or college levels. North Idaho College has offered online classes since the late 1990s and course offerings …

• Student stabbed in class

  March 12, 2011 in City on Page B1 A North Idaho middle school student was stabbed during class Friday in what Coeur d’Alene school officials called the district’s most violent incident in at least two decades. A Woodland … 2

• CdA student stabbed in class; eighth-grader in police custody

  March 11, 2011 in Idaho A Coeur d’Alene middle school student has been stabbed multiple times by a fellow student. An eighth-grade boy is in police custody. 14

• Levies passing in CdA, Post Falls, Sandpoint

  March 8, 2011 in News, Idaho Several north Idaho school districts asked voters today to approve levies to soften the blow of state budget cuts and expired federal funding. 3

• CdA, Post Falls districts hope to levy voter approval

  February 25, 2011 in City on Page A5 North Idaho’s two largest school districts will ask voters on March 8 for more money to help maintain operations at basic levels following two years of state budget cuts. “Just … 1

• Shared classrooms: Tight budgets may force more schools to combine grades

  February 19, 2011 in City on Page A1 First-grader Bobby Best worked independently in the rural North Idaho classroom, diligently making her way through an activity book. A short distance away, teacher Sara Butler instructed a reading group … 5

• As funding wanes, school districts look to levies

    January 10, 2011 in City on Page A1 Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene school districts, like most in the nation, have made tough cuts in the past two years because of a declining economy. Education officials expect the … 10

• Girls report being followed

  December 2, 2010 in City on Page A6 Coeur d’Alene School District officials warned parents Wednesday of a man possibly targeting children after a 12-year-old girl said she was followed home from school on Tuesday. The girl said …

• Homeless teens live day-to-day

  October 31, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 They are the stories one would expect to hear from a street-entrenched adult. Since becoming homeless, Steve, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, has done whatever necessary …

• Education notebook: Young artists get sculpture lesson

  October 3, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Art students at Canfield Middle School had a special visitor on Sept. 24 when local artist Rhea Giffin stopped by the school. During the summer, the Arts and Culture Alliance …

• Students, faculty inspired by magnet schools’ approach

  September 7, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Anna Wilson remembers the first-grader who told her the schoolwide science day at Ramsey Elementary had been the best day of his life. “How can you argue with that?” said …

• CdA dog park opening slated for Labor Day

  September 2, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 The city of Coeur d’Alene’s first off-leash dog park, Central Bark, will open Labor Day. The project was an effort by the Kootenai County Dog Park Association, city of Coeur …

• Districts juggle snow days, changes as school begins

  September 1, 2010 in City on Page A5 Across the Inland Northwest, students are sharpening their pencils and packing their backpacks in anticipation of the first day of school. Some schools begin today; others begin next week. All …

• Voters approve technical campus on Rathdrum Prairie

  August 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 Voters in three North Idaho school districts Tuesday said yes to a levy that will raise property taxes for two years to build a $9.5 million professional-technical high school on …

• Federal infusion will let Idaho schools drop furlough days

  August 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 North Idaho education officials are still deciding what to do with their cut of the $51.6 million coming to the state from a federal jobs bill. But they know the …

• Voters in North Idaho approve KTEC levy

  August 24, 2010 in Idaho Voters in three North Idaho school districts Tuesday said yes to a levy that will raise property taxes for two years to build a $9.5 million professional-technical high school on … 7

• Vote is Tuesday on Rathdrum Prairie trade school levy

  August 23, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 Voters in the Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls and Lakeland school districts will go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to pay more property taxes for two years to build …

• School registrations, orientations this week

  August 22, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I6 Summer vacation is quickly coming to an end, and North Idaho students and their families must prepare for school. The school year will begin Sept. 7. In the Coeur d’Alene …

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