Malad’s teachers are back in school, and their students are set to follow right after the fair.

High School registration is set for August 12 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (middle school registration took place on August 6), and school itself is set to start across the district on August 19.  

First practices are set for August 12 for many sports, following this week’s athletics moratorium.  

The School District is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to answer questions and help resolve any registration issues.  The office itself is located at 25 East 50 South, Suite A, and can be reached at 208-534-6080. 

Despite the best efforts and fondest hopes of everyone involved, Malad’s new elementary school is not where local students will begin the new year.  As it happens, they will be headed back to the same building the ended 2023-2024 in, though presumably for only another half year.

Various issues related to weather, construction, supplies, and other factors have gradually moved the expected completion time for the school toward the end of the calendar year, with the most recent announced ETA as the Christmas break, during which time the school will be officially moved into the new building.

Because the situation is fluid, and new for everyone involved, the plan at present is to continue in the same fashion as last year’s construction-disrupted year.  The portable trailer is no longer at the East side entrance to the school where visitors will need to seek entry, but the door buzzer should alert the office that someone is seeking entry.  The number to the school office is posted near the door in order to facilitate entry.

Events which have formerly taken place in the auditorium should continue to do so, and school will otherwise proceed as it did during the last half of the last year, until such time as there is a need to change.

If the current build schedule goes according to the new plan, this year’s class of students will quite literally be the final class in the old building and the first class in the new one, a somewhat uncommon occurrence.

A list of teacher assignments for students is posted on the east door of the school for students to and parents’ information, and that information has been sent to student households as well.

School supply lists are also available through the school’s website, and were printed in the paper as well.

Bus schedules are also the same as last year, with the policies in place to make sure that students are accounted for between the time school lets out and they arrive at home.

After the school year well and truly begins, we will bring you profiles of some of the new teachers who will be working in the schools this year.  It’s hard to believe that it’s here, but it is.  School is in session starting sooner than many would like, and not soon enough for some others—you know who you are!