Teachers are finding new ways to impact students through masks and on screens this year, and it means putting in longer hours than ever. Teachers, are you worn out?
West Ada School District was so overwhelmed with the call outs, they were forced to cancel school today and tomorrow. Teachers are expected to continue until there is a change made.
If your kids are pulling their masks underneath their noses and fiddling to leave them hanging from one ear, you're not alone. How will they ever keep them on at school?
After a 5 hour long meeting the West Ada School District made its decision to postpone the start of school to September 8, about a week and a half after the original start date of August 27th.
UC-Berkley just added adulting classes to the curriculum, and more colleges are adding programs like that all the time. If you need a refresher, we've got adulting classes right here in Boise too. But what do they teach?
School is back on, and students aren't the only ones crowding into classrooms. Germs are piling up too, and we've got the four most common places in schools that they like to hide.
Hand sanitizer isn't just handy to have in an office full of sneezy coworkers. It's also on all of the school supply lists now, and so is the Kleenex. Should these really be school supplies? What else wasn't on our lists growing up.
If you're feeling a financial pinch this month, blame the school supplies. It's fun to get new binders, erasable pens, and gadgets, but it sets most of us back more than $600 this month.
Rebecca Bonner is an art teacher in Texas who is inspiring the internet with her doodle skirt. This is an idea that we could use in Treasure Valley schools and at home too, for some clothes that will have the whole office talking.