Biggest lesson from the horror show in the West Bonner school district: Vote
It would have been much easier to get the vote out in the first place. | Opinion
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It would have been much easier to get the vote out in the first place. | Opinion
It would have been much easier to get the vote out in the first place. | Opinion
PRIEST RIVER, Idaho - Days after West Bonner County School District superintendent Brandon Durst announced his intent to resign, the district held another meeting.
Shortly before it was scheduled to start, the West Bonner school board meeting was paused for a phone call. Superintendent Branden Durst and trustees Margy Hall and Carlyn Barton then broke from a huddle near the front of the almost-full room and left the cafeteria.
What did you do last summer? A group of mothers and grandmothers in tiny Priest River proudly responds, “We saved a school district.” It was a relentless and months-long effort that included hundreds of home visits and thousands of phone calls. But a core group of 10 — with a hundred more participating — led an implausible community campaign to recall two trustees on the West Bonner County School District’s board of trustees.