Rather than agree to the school district’s request to reinterpret its easement and allow outside entities to use its sewer line, the Teton County Scenic Preserve Trust said, “Tell us more.”
The numbers are in, the students tallied, and Teton County School District No. 1 has grown … slightly.
School board members and teachers discussed various ways to make a district sick-day buyback program work better, but the discussion quickly led to broader issues about policy and compensation.
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The Jackson Hole Community School has a new head of school.
Deputy Andrew Roundy put on plastic gloves Thursday morning before reaching into an evidence bag full of vape pens and oils.
Merit: (noun) the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.
The labor market shortage has hit Teton Science Schools.
Buzz Splittgerber set the GMax tester on the penalty kick mark Sept. 5 on the south synthetic soccer field at Jackson Hole High School.
A change to a popular teacher benefit has taken a step forward.
Three basketball courts. A full-size track. A mezzanine for weight lifting. A climbing wall. A wrestling room.
The 3:45 p.m. bell rang, signaling the end of the day, but none of the sixth-graders moved. They barely twitched, their rapt attention held by Sara Lashbrook’s harrowing story of evacuating kids from her kindergarten classroom Sept. 11, 2001, in New York City.
8:15 a.m. A few cars are lined up in front of Jackson Elementary School, kids piling out with backpacks. The walking school bus strolls up and drops off a handful of kids while older students zoom by on bikes.
The results of the state’s standardized tests are in, and Teton County School District No. 1 students outpaced the state average in almost every category. Even as they celebrated a rosy overall picture, district administrators said the scores don’t tell the complete picture and are only one …
A program that gives students, parents and teachers a safe place to report threats in schools saw growth in the 2018-19 school year.
Reading is a personal act: Some people love the convenience of e-book readers like Kindles, while others insist on using paper copies so they can dog-ear the pages and scribble marginalia while they read.
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Wyoming may be small, but its schools pack a punch.
Cool, crisp mornings and back-to-school sale signs at local retailers signify one constant of fall: School has started.
On a slab of concrete in front of the flagpole — with a stellar view of the Tetons — lower school students at the Jackson Hole Classical Academy played in their first recess at their new campus Tuesday morning, the first day of school marking a new chapter in the Academy’s history.
The nonprofit One22 awarded 103 kids scholarships to attend 14 summer camps this year, helping send them to programs that focused on everything from outdoor recreation to math.
Lawyers for Teton County School District No. 1’s insurance company and a family suing the district sparred Wednesday over motions asking the district for information related to a collision in Casper in 2017 that left a man with severe injuries.
As automation and outsourcing create the need for higher levels of education in the workforce, Central Wyoming College has positioned itself at the vanguard of an ambitious statewide push to drastically increase the number of Wyomingites who boast some form of higher education. The college i…
With the go-ahead from instructor Garrett Austen, the melee ensued.
Citing uncertainty and teacher worry, the Teton County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees delayed a vote at its Aug. 14 meeting on the first reading of a proposed change to the district’s sick-day buyback policy.
The driver who hit a longtime Jackson teacher riding his bike along Elk Refuge Road has been cited.
In what one trustee described as the “shortest meeting ever,” the Teton County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees approved the first reading of a slate of policy changes Aug. 14.
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Teton County students looking for in-state tuition have long had to move to Laramie to pursue a four-year degree, but that may not be the case for much longer.
The Children’s Learning Center’s Rafter J greenhouse project started several years ago, sparked by a group of intrepid 4-year-olds wanted to know more about where their food came from. They had a sense beef didn’t live in its life in plastic-wrapped packages and that bananas didn’t come off the tree with a neat piece of plastic wrapped around the bunch and marked with a sticker.
If you head to the Jackson Hole Skatepark on an afternoon during the school year, you’re bound to find a couple of things.
New financial aid is now available for Wyoming’s community college students — at least some of them.
High-achieving Wyoming students are set to receive more help from the University of Wyoming, though students overall will see higher costs.
Alta Elementary work begins
Minor construction has started at Alta Elementary School, and it may continue into the school year.
The small school needs more storage for items that are not used on a regular basis, Teton County School District No. 1 Information Coordinator Charlotte Reynolds said. The things in question are gym and athletic equipment and a stage that is used when the school puts on performances.
Computers and education are set to come together at Jackson Hole Middle School.
The area around Jackson Hole High School and Colter Elementary School is short a few trees after a strong wind event Tuesday afternoon.
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The state is pledging support for a community college campus in Jackson Hole, but the project still has hoops to jump through in Cheyenne before it’s a sure thing.
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Teton High School needs a new mascot.
The school district is once again asking the county to consider issues concerning the Munger Mountain Elementary School sewer line.
Teton County School District No. 1 will take in a lot more property tax revenue this year, but that doesn’t mean it will see a sizeable jump in its budget.
Teton County School District No. 1 will see both a bump in revenue and spending this fiscal year, according to the budget the school board approved.
The Teton (Idaho) School District 401 Board of Trustees decided to pump the brakes Monday night when faced with the decision to keep or change the Teton High School Redskins mascot.
More high school classrooms. A fieldhouse. A middle school expansion.
Get ready: Teton County will host a powwow this fall with a little help from the town of Jackson and the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole.
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After a marathon meeting that featured over four hours of public comment and nearly two hours of board discussion on a single issue — whether to change the Teton High School Redskins mascot — the Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees decided it wasn’t ready to make the final call.
Jackson Hole Middle School’s quest for upgrades may be one step closer to approval.
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