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Some Idaho schools struggled to graduate seniors during pandemic-forced closures
Nik Streng, IdahoEdNews.org
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The first months of the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to Idaho’s improved 2020
high school graduation rate because some requirements were waived when buildings closed and learning moved online.
But improved rates were not universal. For 83 of Idaho’s more than 200 high schools, the graduation rate dropped from the prior year.
Idaho’s overall graduation-rate increased from 80.7 percent to 82.1 percent
a jump of 1.4 percentage points, the highest in five years. The pandemic forced schools to shut their doors in April, about two months before graduation. Much of the required
Originally published on February 1, 2021 3:41 pm
Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission and the Oregon Department of Corrections have entered into a new agreement to continue providing inmates with educational programming through community colleges across the state.
This comes after uncertainty last October when the Oregon DOC said it would be cutting ties with the six community colleges it contracts with. ODOC said at the time that was a move to bring its adult education programming in-house. Corrections officials had said it would help address the agency’s budget shortfall and an inconsistency of services they said the department was receiving through the current contracts.
MALHEUR COUNTY
Malheur County Health Department offers BinaxNOW drive-up testing to people who live or work in Malheur County and have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. There is no out-of-pocket cost and no insurance required. Test results are available in 15 minutes.
Testing is available by appointment on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon, and Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. To schedule an appointment, phone (541) 823-3232.
Additionally, Valley Family Health Care is offering COVID-19 testing every Monday through Feb. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Treasure Valley Community College baseball field in Ontario. Anyone requesting a test will be tested. There are no out-of-pocket costs, and test results are available in 15 minutes. For more information about the Valley Family testing, phone (208) 452-6661.