Trustees discuss Souza election plan

The Coeur d’Alene School District Board of Trustees is worried proposed legislation could make kids’ education a partisan issue by moving school board trustee elections to the same time as general elections.

The board will have a second discussion on a resolution addressing the issue at its meeting Monday.

At the board’s July 10 meeting, Vice-Chair Tom Hearn presented two resolutions for discussion before sending them to the Idaho School Board Association. The statewide board may consider them during its convention in November in Coeur d’Alene. The first proposed school board trustee elections move to November of odd-numbered years, directly opposing Sen. Mary Souza’s legislation proposing they move to even-numbered years, aligning them with partisan general elections/ Brooke Wolford , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.