BSD: No school on Election Day, says board [Video]

In a board meeting Monday night, the district approved of Election Day being a day off. No more days will need to be added to the calendar to replace Election Day.

BOISE, Idaho — The election cycle is in full swing, with presidential candidates hitting campaign trails hard. Locally, two of Idaho’s largest school districts is looking at Election Day, and how to handle the hoards of voters.

Boise School District and West Ada School District have confirmed Nov. 5 as a non-school day for students.

Boise School District (BSD) held a special meeting Monday night, reviewing a handful of topics. The big one was safety in schools, following a series of social media threats going around both locally and nationally. The other big topic, making Election Day a day off, so students would not have to attend school.

West Ada and Boise schools are only making a schedule change …

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