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The PYP predicament
The Coeur d'Alene school board is about to take a credibility test.
RANGE: Get used to it
Farragut has been a range for nearly or more than 70 years. It is grandfathered in and those who moved next door knew it was a rifle range, knew there would be shooting taking place. If they don’t like it they need…
PYP: Through a student's eyes
My name is Brea McDonald and I am a seventh-grader at Canfield Middle School. I attended Hayden Meadows first through fifth grade, and loved the Primary Years Programme that we were so privileged to learn.
SCHOOL: Senior photo policy poor
I’m a senior at Lake City High School, and was very excited to get my senior pictures done. This last summer the district decided to make a rule that senior pictures must be: only from the waist up, no vertical sho…
CHICAGO: Memo to striking teachers
First of all, any teachers participating in the Chicago teachers strike should be docked in pay for every hour that they have been away from their jobs of teaching. In addition, the teachers union should be held ac…
PYP: Keep egos out of equation
Concerning the PYP program at Hayden Meadows. It is my understanding that Hayden Meadows is a “Magnet School” where this program is offered. Also that it is offered by SD271 as an option. If people don’t like it, t…
BALLOT: Asking wrong question
Are the Kootenai County Commissioners trying to confuse the voters on purpose? The ballot language for the half-baked idea of changing our county government and giving up our right to vote for who will represent us…
ROMNEY: Calling the kettle black
Mitt Romney says the 47 percent of Americans who support Obama “are people who pay no income tax… believe they are victims… (and) my job is not to worry about those people… I’ll never convince them they should take…
Cd'A: Priorities don't line up
My name is Joshua Lee Jensen and today I am releasing my persona to the city of Coeur d’Alene. You can call me a lot of things but I’d like to be known as the “Digital Patriot.” As I look around this vibrant city, …
VIEWS: No right to block them
I am very concerned about the skyline and the core of Coeur d’Alene. I’m talking about the 12-story multi-purpose building that an outsider hopes to build on the corner of First Street and Lakeside. It is very crue…
PYP: Looking beyond agendas
As a parent, I feel a responsibility to teach my children to be tolerant of others’ beliefs and opinions. Developing a strong sense of self is more difficult in an age filled with false information and negative med…
NIC: Take any threat seriously
Police search for North Idaho College student who made “Columbine”-type threat — this needs to be taken seriously.
TRAPPING: Take stand against it
I find it so offensive to hear the commonly-used terms — wildlife “management” and wildlife “harvesting!”
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RADICALS: An eye for an eye
It’s time we did just as our adversaries are doing: Storm their embassies and burn them down. The president says that the majority of Libya are friends of America. Well when the majority sends the radicals running …