The schoolhouse rocks
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Much political hay has been made about the supposedly decrepit state of our nationwide public school system, with whole industries devoted to tearing down confidence in how kids are educated. ...
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New satire, Sips of Hemlock, tackles education privatization
By Reader Staff Local author Gene Bans blurs the line between satire and reality in her recent novel Sips of Hemlock, set in the not-so-distant future in Coeur d’Alene and Spokane schools. The story...
Mind, body and running shoes
By Ben Olson Reader Staff For Matt and Angie Brass, it all comes down to teamwork. Longtime coaches for cross-country and track at Sandpoint High School, the husband-and-wife duo have decided to hang up...
On the end of the school year
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff By the time this story makes it into newsprint and the hands of our readers, I’ll be neck-deep in the final two days of school. I am blessed to...
‘Little sprouts everywhere’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Cynthia Mason has been teaching in Sandpoint for more than two decades, and teaching in general since the ‘70s. After this coming school year, she’ll retire in order to...
