News Radio 1310 KLIX » Back to School http://newsradio1310.com News And Talk On The Radio Mon, 20 May 2013 02:07:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 McCash for Kids is Tonight http://newsradio1310.com/mccash-for-kids-is-tonight/ http://newsradio1310.com/mccash-for-kids-is-tonight/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:22:54 +0000 Townsquare Media http://newsradio1310.com/mccash-for-kids-is-tonight/ How can you help send Magic Valley kids back to school with the supplies they need? Grab a Big Mac today starting at 5pm.

Hundreds of Magic Valley children struggle with being able to afford school supplies. You can help by eating at any Twin Falls or Buhl McDonald's on August 14th between 5p and 8p. The more we eat, the more money McDonald's will donate to South Central Community Action Partnership.

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Hundreds of Magic Valley children struggle with being able to afford school supplies. You can help by eating at any Twin Falls or Buhl McDonald's on August 14th between 5p and 8p. The more we eat, the more money McDonald's will donate to South Central Community Action Partnership.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/its-big-macs-for-backpacks-as-we-go-back-to-school-with-mccash-for-kids/feed/ 0 McCash For Kids Principal Apologizes After Suspending Seniors for Riding Their Bikes to School http://newsradio1310.com/principal-apologizes-after-suspending-seniors-for-riding-their-bikes-to-school/ http://newsradio1310.com/principal-apologizes-after-suspending-seniors-for-riding-their-bikes-to-school/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 17:14:32 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=104426 Nervous about past senior pranks involving vandalism and various other destructive behavior, a high school principal in Michigan swiftly issued one-day suspensions for dozens of seniors who rode their bikes to school en masse because she thought it was intentionally meant to disrupt the school day.

But after learning that simply wasn’t the case, she’s now issued an apology.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/principal-apologizes-after-suspending-seniors-for-riding-their-bikes-to-school/feed/ 0 loop_oh, Flickr School Fined a Whopping $15,000 for Selling Sodas During Lunch http://newsradio1310.com/school-fined-sodas-lunch/ http://newsradio1310.com/school-fined-sodas-lunch/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 19:16:21 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=102685 You might not think selling a soft drink during a school lunch period is that big of an issue, but the truth is it could cost a school thousands of dollars.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/school-fined-sodas-lunch/feed/ 0 KUTV Almost Half of College Students Are Clueless About How Much Loan Debt They Have — Dollars and Sense http://newsradio1310.com/college-students-debt-dollars-and-sense/ http://newsradio1310.com/college-students-debt-dollars-and-sense/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 17:20:02 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=101483 It’s not unusual for college students to graduate with a hefty student loan debt. But according to a new study, many don’t know how much they owe — and some aren’t aware they owe anything at all.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/college-students-debt-dollars-and-sense/feed/ 0 Thinkstock Scores of Graduating High School Students Suspended After Harmless Senior Prank http://newsradio1310.com/students-suspended-prank/ http://newsradio1310.com/students-suspended-prank/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 19:43:21 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=101566 A small group of seniors at Cascade High School in Clayton, IN celebrated their upcoming graduation with a prank, covering school doors, offices and windows with more than 12,000 colorful Post-It notes.

But the school superintendent apparently didn’t think it was so funny — he suspended almost 60 students, and a janitor accused of helping during the prank could lose her job.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/students-suspended-prank/feed/ 0 YouTube Where Do Recent College Graduates Most Want to Work? http://newsradio1310.com/where-do-recent-college-graduates-most-want-to-work/ http://newsradio1310.com/where-do-recent-college-graduates-most-want-to-work/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:53:15 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=101201 Recent college graduates may have a rough time finding a job, but a new survey has revealed the companies where they’d most like to work — and a few may surprise you.

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Now an elementary school in Australia is following suit, but its demand that kids delete their Facebook pages has an entirely different reason: it’s an attempt to wipe out cyber-bullying.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/school-expulsion-facebook/feed/ 0 Dan Kitwood, Getty Images Parents May Have To Pay For All Day Kindergarten At Twin Falls School http://newsradio1310.com/parents-may-have-to-pay-for-all-day-kindergarten-at-twin-falls-school/ http://newsradio1310.com/parents-may-have-to-pay-for-all-day-kindergarten-at-twin-falls-school/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:19:02 +0000 Kelly Klaas http://newsradio1310.com/?p=68869 A Twin Falls elementary school is considering all day kindergarten for the Fall. Parents however, will have to pay for it. The principal at I.B. Perrine Elementary proposed the idea to parents. Parents would have to pay a little more than $

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/parents-may-have-to-pay-for-all-day-kindergarten-at-twin-falls-school/feed/ 0 Idaho College Graduation Increasing http://newsradio1310.com/idaho-college-graduation-increasing/ http://newsradio1310.com/idaho-college-graduation-increasing/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:41:30 +0000 Kelly Klaas http://newsradio1310.com/?p=68064 Idaho ranks near the bottom, among U.S. states, for sending people to college and those students getting their degrees. Experts say that drags down the entire state's economy, but that could be changing. Every seat was filled at Taco Bell Arena on Saturday as Boise State University graduated the highest number of students ever. More than 2,400 degrees were handed out, which is a good sign, according to president of the State Board of Education, Ken Edmunds.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/idaho-college-graduation-increasing/feed/ 0 High School Baseball Team Forfeits Championship Game Because Opposing Team Has a Female Player http://newsradio1310.com/championship-game-female-player/ http://newsradio1310.com/championship-game-female-player/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:21:35 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98924 An Arizona high school baseball team forfeited its chance at a state championship — and its reason for doing so has people talking.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/championship-game-female-player/feed/ 0 andrein, Flickr What Are the 10 Best High Schools in America? http://newsradio1310.com/where-are-the-10-best-high-schools-in-america/ http://newsradio1310.com/where-are-the-10-best-high-schools-in-america/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 16:25:07 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98476 US News & World Report has released its list of the best high schools in America, teaming up with the Washington, DC-based American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/where-are-the-10-best-high-schools-in-america/feed/ 0 Thinkstock School Levies To Be Decided May 15th http://newsradio1310.com/school-levies-to-be-decided-may-15th/ http://newsradio1310.com/school-levies-to-be-decided-may-15th/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 11:47:08 +0000 Kelly Klaas http://newsradio1310.com/?p=66833 Not only will Magic Valley area voters have candidates to choose on May 15th but they will also need to make a decision on some school bond issues.  Voters in the Filer School District will be voting on a 2-year, $500,000 supplemental levy which will allow the district to maintain current operations. 

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/school-levies-to-be-decided-may-15th/feed/ 0 Minidoka School District Releasing 11 Teachers http://newsradio1310.com/minidoka-school-district-releasing-11-teachers/ http://newsradio1310.com/minidoka-school-district-releasing-11-teachers/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 11:58:23 +0000 Kelly Klaas http://newsradio1310.com/?p=66452 The Minidoka County School District is reeling from state budget cuts in education and the “Students Come First” initiative.  At a school board meeting this week board members approved the layoffs of 11 teachers in the district.  The board was hoping that attrition and retirements would account for most of the reduction in teaching staff in the district but that didn’t happen.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/minidoka-school-district-releasing-11-teachers/feed/ 0 Recent College Graduates Having a Ridiculously Tough Time Finding Work http://newsradio1310.com/recent-college-graduates-having-a-ridiculously-tough-time-finding-work/ http://newsradio1310.com/recent-college-graduates-having-a-ridiculously-tough-time-finding-work/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:34:09 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=91945 As the debate rages over whether getting a college degree is worth the money, a new set of statistics is giving many people pause — seems half of recent college grads are either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/recent-college-graduates-having-a-ridiculously-tough-time-finding-work/feed/ 0 danramarch, Flickr College Tuition Going Up For Idaho Students http://newsradio1310.com/college-tuition-going-up-for-idaho-students/ http://newsradio1310.com/college-tuition-going-up-for-idaho-students/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:30:11 +0000 Kelly Klaas http://newsradio1310.com/?p=64428 University of Idaho
(AP) - Students at Idaho's public universities will pay $274 to $356 more in tuition next year. The increases approved Wednesday by the state Board of Education are relatively modest compared to those set in recent years as the universities looked to offset declines in state funding.

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(AP) - The University of Idaho has reached a settlement with the family of graduate student Katy Benoit, who was killed in August by a former professor she had dated. The state Board of Education is expected to consider the agreement at a meeting later this week, according to two sources with knowledge of the settlement.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/u-of-i-reaches-agreement-with-family-of-slain-co-ed/feed/ 0 Moscow PD Former Blackfoot Principal Pleads Not Guilty To Child Sex Abuse http://newsradio1310.com/former-blackfoot-principal-pleads-not-guilty-to-child-sex-abuse/ http://newsradio1310.com/former-blackfoot-principal-pleads-not-guilty-to-child-sex-abuse/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:45:27 +0000 Kelly Klaas http://newsradio1310.com/?p=62446 (AP)  A former principal in the southeastern Idaho town of Blackfoot has pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexually abusing a child. Prosecutors say 38-year-old Christopher Cox had sexual relations
with a 14-year-old female student last year. Cox pleaded not guilty during a Bingham County court hearing on Monday.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/former-blackfoot-principal-pleads-not-guilty-to-child-sex-abuse/feed/ 0 Teacher's Aide Fired for Refusing to Let Employers Access Her Facebook Account http://newsradio1310.com/teachers-aide-fired-facebook/ http://newsradio1310.com/teachers-aide-fired-facebook/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:49:06 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=85708 A few schools have made the news lately for over-policing students’ social media accounts.

Now it seems to be happening to employees, too, because a Michigan teacher’s aide claims she was fired for refusing to give her bosses access to her Facebook page.

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]]> http://newsradio1310.com/teachers-aide-fired-facebook/feed/ 0 Dan Kitwood, Getty Images Mother Sues Teacher for Stealing Son's Lunch Money http://newsradio1310.com/mother-sues-teacher-lunch-money/ http://newsradio1310.com/mother-sues-teacher-lunch-money/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:22:56 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=81705 When Baltimore mom Lynsai Green found out her second-grader had a negative balance with the school cafeteria, she was confused — until her son told her one of his teachers was routinely stealing his lunch money.

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