Emma Epperly

Reporter @Idahoednews-- Alum of @spokesmanreview & @murrowcollege , adjunct at Gonzaga University & Eastern Washington University. 📧: [email protected]

[Idaho Education News @idahoednews]

Idaho's largest school districts will raise teacher pay next school year, but many others won't.

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Payette and Kimberly School Districts joined an exclusive club Tuesday night: districts with two failed ballot measures in one night.

https://t.co/xSCg119RPr #IDPol #IDedu #schoolfunding #Idaho

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All Idaho counties are fully reporting!

See how your school district's ballot measure fared here:
https://t.co/ObgNGZBUbx

[Emma Epperly @EmmaEpperly]

Just one ballot measure passed to fund school facilities Tuesday night.

Four supplemental levies also failed.

Full results here:
https://t.co/NAHYhKV17x #idedu #IDpol #schoolfunding

[Emma Epperly @EmmaEpperly]

Kellogg's levy passed after a failure in November
https://t.co/Tm6et3qNJS #IDpol #IDedu

[Emma Epperly @EmmaEpperly]

Looks like all four plant facilities are going to fail.

20 supplemental levies are currently passing based on early vote counts, three levies are failing and five have no available results.

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Both bonds fail and plant facility levies struggle in early results.

Updates here:
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Check back through the night for some number-crunching and instant analysis. Until then, let's set the stage. #idedu #idleg #idpol https://t.co/VuQsyGmbLg

[Emma Epperly @EmmaEpperly]

So far it's a bad night for school facilities in Idaho, with both bonds and 3 out of 4 plant facilities levies on track to fail.

Live updates here:
https://t.co/NAHYhKV17x #IDpol #IDleg #idaho

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“Kids understand that they’re really working with someone who loves what they’re teaching,” said Principal Geoff Penrose.

https://t.co/o2s5mDwLN0 #teacherfeature #IDedu #middleschool

[Emma Epperly @EmmaEpperly]

Here's how the number of meetings has grown over time.

Details here:
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Lakeland trustees meet far more than the average school board.

This year alone, they've held 18 executive sessions and met 31 times.
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Trustees have held 18 executive sessions and 31 meetings so far this year.
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State education staff doubled down on their reading of the bill and how it impacts school instructional coaches.

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The district plans to move the school to two portable classrooms and a former driver’s education building behind Sandpoint Middle School.
https://t.co/Ostngf29Zj #idaho #IDedu #Sandpoint

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The Tax Commission denied a request from Idaho Education News for aggregate data on tax credit recipients, after declining a similar request from Democratic lawmakers last month. https://t.co/TSCQKW5ltL

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Idaho law requires a "prompt," three-day response when citizens ask for government documents. But some records custodians are exploiting a legal provision that gives them more time.
https://t.co/g21817r1M0

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Hazel was an early supporter of the North Idaho Republicans group, while Price is a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee loyalist.
https://t.co/3LJSfDovJL #idpol #idleg #elections #idaho

[Melissa Santos @MelissaSantos1]

Gov. Ferguson's office rolled out a policy last summer requiring most agency media communications --- including email replies to reporters --- to go through them. They also have told agency staff not to tell reporters about this media policy.

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“I really believe that one should leave the world a better place,” Pickett said.
https://t.co/NvV57Ab6Wz #teacherfeature #educators #teachers #idaho

[Emma Epperly @EmmaEpperly]

If you know an Idaho educator who has a unique approach, goes above and beyond for their students, or runs a fun extracurricular program- nominate them to be our next featured teacher.

https://t.co/ZCgc48yQAM #IDedu

[Emma Epperly @EmmaEpperly]

Varina Pickett has always believed in leaving the world a better place, but it was a hard decision to retire after 40 years of teaching Midvale's next generation.

And then two of her former students began teaching at her school...
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