An assistant wrestling coach and prominent business owner received a lifetime ban from coaching in Idaho and is not allowed as a spectator at any state sporting events this year or next after striking a Nyssa wrestler during a match, Saturday, Jan. 20 in Nampa.
Schools
Sports scoreboard
The latest results and scores from area high school sports teams from the past week.
Students earn honors at Treasure Valley Community College
Students from across Malheur County made the grade for fall-term honor rolls at Treasure Valley Community College.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Straight talk from Ontario school officials needed over closures
COMMENTARY: Officials with the Ontario School District have been less than candid about plans to close two schools. A change in tactics is needed, including more listening to parents and families.
Vale basketball squads clinch wins on the road against Nyssa
Both the Vale girls and boys prep basketball teams recorded wins over Nyssa, Saturday, Jan. 13, in Eastern Oregon League action.
Nyssa district schedules meeting to update parents on migrant education program
The Nyssa School district will hold a meeting Thursday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. at the district’s high school library for migrant parents to discuss the program’s progress and what services are offered to their children.
Ontario administrators schedule meetings on plan for school closures and changes
Ontario School District administrators will host a series of public meetings to discuss the closures of two rural elementary schools and a shift among the district’s other elementary schools.
Sports scoreboard
The latest results and scores from area high school sports teams from the past week.
Ontario superintendent messages parents about closure of rural schools
Ontario School District’s superintendent confirmed plans to close two rural schools in a Jan. 5 monthly newsletter after months of avoiding the conversation. Meantime, the school board chair said a plan to mothball Pioneer and Cairo schools has not been approved and needs to come before the board.
Three Ontario school board members duck records law
Three out of five Ontario School Board members have apparently violated state public records law. They did not respond to requests made to them each in November for public documents regarding plans to close two schools.