Idaho school enrollment rising

A scramble to add teachers and staffers in Vallivue, Twin Falls and beyond. A portable classroom building at Madison Junior High School. Emergency property tax collections. And perhaps, in Boise, an earlier-than-expected discussion about another building bond issue. Across many of Idaho’s largest districts, preliminary enrollment numbers are heading upward, and that has short- and long-term implications. In the short term, class sizes will increase. In the long term, taxpayers may be asked to add new facilities. The early estimates are just that: estimates. And they’re volatile. On opening day in Boise, Aug. 24, numbers were flat. Now, the district expects an enrollment increase of 450/ Kevin Richert , Idaho Education News. More here .