Erin B.
Mike Waggoner Named New Chair for North Idaho College Board of Trustees
Every year during the November regular meeting the board elects new officers and this year the board unanimously voted in Mike Waggoner...
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Erin B.
- Nov 14
CDA Schools Board of Trustees Meeting 11/13/23 Update
Below are the updates from the Coeur d'Alene School District Board of Trustees meeting held at 5pm on November 13, 2023. The updates are...
Erin B.
- Oct 10
CDA Schools Trustees Meeting Recap 10/9/23
Midtown Meeting Center and Dress Code Policy updates, along with a Call to Action for the public. Full meeting video here. Dress Code...
Erin B.
- Sep 19
CDA School Board Meeting Recap September 11, 2023
This recap has taken me FOREVER to post just because LIFE was getting in the way, but there was also a lot of background and history that...
Erin B.
- Aug 25
Coeur d'Alene School District Set to Receive $3.7M in FY24 from Property Tax Relief Bill
The 2023 Idaho State Legislature made a huge splash in passing HB292, a bill aimed at reducing $274 million in property taxes. One of the...
Erin B.
- Aug 24
North Idaho College Hires Boyles Law for General Counsel
After a 3-hour uneventful meeting, where the trustees were giving each other compliments of how well they were working together in the...
Erin B.
- Aug 15
CDA School District August Board Meeting 8/14/23
The local government meetings have been relatively light on agenda items over the summer, so it was a shock to the system when the CDA...
Erin B.
- Aug 8
Kellogg Bus Driver Files Lawsuit for Wrongful Termination
Remember the Kellogg bus driver who was fired for attending a protest on his off time? Here's a reminder: Now there's an update about bus...
Erin B.
- Jul 11
CDA School District Spring Assessment Results Dismal
New Remedial Math Courses ‘Participation Trophy Classes' TL;DR Math assessment results are worse than ELA, but not by much. Silver lining...
Erin B.
- Jul 7
North Idaho College Accredited, NWCCU Confirms
On Friday, North Idaho College leadership received a letter from the NWCCU confirming that the college is still accredited. After much...
Erin B.
- Jun 27
CDA School Board Approves FY23/24 Budget
The Coeur d’Alene School Board met in a workshop on Monday to approve the FY 23/24 budget, go through a mandatory dyslexia training, and...
Erin B.
- Jun 16
CDA School Board Proposes Public Comment Changes
At Monday’s CDA School Board meeting, Trustee Casey Morrisroe proposed a change to the public comment procedure at future board meetings....
Erin B.
- Jun 13
CDA Schools Present FY24 Proposed Budget
The hot topic of the June 12th Coeur d’Alene School Board meeting was the annual budget hearing for FY24. The board will have a special...
Erin B.
- May 17
CDA Schools Want to Buy Benchmark Advance ELA Curriculum
These are my observations with the Benchmark Advance ELA curriculum that the CDA School district wants to buy. This is a multi-part...
Erin B.
- Apr 13
CDA Schools Board Meeting and Bathroom Policy Workshop Recap
The CDA School District board of trustees met for their usual meeting this past Monday; they met again on Tuesday to discuss proposed...
Erin B.
- Mar 21
CDA School Board Has No Remorse for Actions Against Community, Votes to Put $25M Levy on May Ballot
Yesterday was the anticipated CDA School Board special meeting and I’m giving away the ending: the board voted to put a supplemental levy...
Erin B.
- Mar 14
Coeur d’Alene School Board Recap 3/13/23 with a SECOND Girl Speaking Out Against School District
First off: It's voting day so GO VOTE! Today is the day where you let the school district know if you approve or disapprove of how they...
Erin B.
- Mar 11
Lakeland Has Solution to CDA School District's Problem
Over the past few days there has been a flurry of discussion involving the Coeur d'Alene School District. A student has come out against...
Erin B.
- Mar 10
INTERVIEW and TRANSCRIPT: Coeur d’Alene High School Student Encounters Male in Girls Restroom
Yesterday we brought you the story about a Coeur d’Alene High School student who had an incident where a male used the female bathroom,...
Erin B.
- Mar 9
What is really going on in the Coeur d’Alene School District?
This is an extended version of the article that was posted in the print edition of The People's Pen. In March the Coeur d’Alene School...
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