Lake Pend Oreille School District trustees and administration agreed at the Sept. 14 board meeting that raising taxes based upon this fall’s enrollment and the state funding formula was not something they would do, despite the opportunity.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Educational programs in Idaho will be heavily impacted by the projected cuts in state funding to school districts, which were recently voiced by both Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and State Superintendent of Instruction Tom Luna. Half of the state of Idaho's general fund supports public education for K-12 grades. After …
On behalf of the students and staff of the Lake Pend Oreille School District, I would like to thank our county commissioners, director of emergency services, Bob Howard, and the members of the National Guard for all of the assistance we received during the great snowfall this winter. From my …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Recently the Bee published a letter to the editor that identified instances where the school district was wasteful of taxpayer dollars. Many of these charges concerned issues from the past. Since I am new in my role, I investigated these issues. I gathered my facts from Gail Curless, director of …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO