Trustees Clash Over Chairman Voting Rule At District Meeting
At District 82 School Board, Trustee Venus Verhei and Chairman Vernon Allen refuse to abide by a policy clause requiring the chairman to vote on all issues. The debate centers on the word shall and the right to abstain, amid attendance support for individual prerogatives.
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Tueday Night
Venus Verhei
Vernon Allen
Verhei
Allen
Glenn E. Bandelin
Southside
William Morton
Trustees Cut Their Travel Allowance Then Raise Staff Rate
Trustees of School District 82 voted to reduce their own travel allowance while increasing staff mileage to 10 cents per mile. The move follows a prior 2 cent staff raise and prior 1.2 cent board rate earlier this year amid transportation insurance cost concerns. Staff travel covers educators such as music instructors and remedial reading supervisors moving between county schools. Citizens questioned the inequity in rates, prompting the trustees to cut their own allowance.
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School District 82
Boise Girl Named Citizen of the Month
Boise Police Chief John R. Church cites 11 year old Sue Chandler as citizen of the month after the fifth grader found a billfold from Lowell Elementary and turned it to authorities. The owner was located and thanked for honesty.
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Boise
Citizen Boise
UPN
Boise Police
John R. Church
Sue Chandler
Jim Chandler
Lowell
Year Long Controversy Ends At Public School Board
The board relaxed a restrictive after hours policy by replacing shall with may for district employees at all school functions. Trustees debated liability and access before approving a case by case decision by the Superintendent. Other actions included mileage increases, contract pay adjustments, and a special meeting for building plans.
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Venus Verhei
Sen
Frank Church
Little Red School House
Church
Verhei
William Morton
E. Wayne
Dr. Likens
Board of Trustees
Elsie Temple
Kootenai School
Raymond Couch
Carol Moore
Idaho Hill
Honest act by student rewarded by Yale Church letter
A girl found a wallet and returned it. Her mother later found a $1,250 check and over $100 in cash in the billfold. The wallet belonged to Gildie Trene Hood. The action reflects positively on the student, her parents, and her school per a Yale Church correspondence.
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Sue
Gildie Trene Hood
Yale
Church
Last Chance For Elk Is This Sunday
All elk hunting closes in the Panhandle Region of Idaho on Sunday evening November 14. A few units remain open farther south in the state. Deer hunting remains open through November 28 in the panhandle. Hunters must return the report card portions of elk and deer tags to the Fish and Game Department to aid harvest totals and future seasons.
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Panhandle
Idaho
Fish and Game Department
Youth vote and alienation topic discussed at luncheon
Two college leaders, Mary Ruth Mann of the University of Idaho and Berni Schulz of North Idaho College, addressed Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce members on alienation and the 18 year old vote. They urged student involvement and described ISGA efforts to register 18 year olds, including a statewide drive aimed for November 19.
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Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce
Mary Ruth Mann
University of Idaho
Berni Schulz
North Idaho College
Idaho
Schulz
Chamber
Miss Mann
America
Bee Newsmen
UNC
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