Minidoka County Joint School District #331

• By: Dr. Scott A. Rogers, Superintendent, Minidoka County Schools

State of the School District

Academic Achievement Highlights

The district launched a focus on instructional intensity as a part of the Board of Trustees’ participation in the Lighthouse project.  The mission of the Minidoka County Joint School District is to increase INSTRUCTIONAL INTENSITY to significantly improve the academic achievement for all students.

We pay a great deal of attention to education and as a result provide many cutting edge opportunities to our students such as Reading First, Middle and High Schools That Work, dual credit and advance placement classes, as well as a wide variety of professional-technical programs. While we celebrate our many accomplishments, we recognize that continuous improvement is an integral part of all great programs.

For the first time since 2004, four of our schools met AYP goals (Acequia, Paul, Minico and Mt. Harrison). This is a 50% increase from last year.  Minico High school met AYP for the first time and received a commendation from the State Department of education for significant increase in Reading proficiency for LEP students.

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• By: Rob Cobbley, K9 School Resource Officer

Cyberbullying

I am a knob turner in push button world.  I can type on a computer with two hands at a slower rate than most kids can text with one hand with out looking.  Our world is changing at a break-neck rate and, as parents, we are trying to keep up and we are allowing younger and younger kids to possess the latest in cell phones, music devices, and other portable electronics.

With these new hand held power plants comes accessibility and responsibility.  Kids can now send music to their favorite social web site, down load on demand videos, and communicate with each other through text in a matter of seconds.  This new and ever expanding technology is also producing new problems such as; cyberbullying.

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