What would you do? What would you do if your child gets a week or two into school and tells you that their teacher isn’t working out this year? They don’t like the kids in their class, they don’t like the teacher, and they aren’t going to like this new school year. It happens to every kid at least once in their school career, and we have all been there, when it happens, as a parent, there are a few options you can take, but which one is the right one to take for your child? Does it matter why they don’t like the teacher? Does it matter why they don’t want their classmates? If your child comes to you this week, next week, or in a few and says it isn’t working out, what would you do?

Kids Not Liking Their Classes in Idaho

With the rare exception of kids that love school, most of us at one time or another had a teacher or a certain class that we hated going to. It could have been that none of our friends were in the class, the subject, the teacher, or any other number of reasons, but most students have a class they dread at some time in their school career. What is the best way to handle it, especially as a parent? You can take the easy way out and ask them to be transferred to another class, with another teacher. This may help your child because perhaps the teacher’s methods aren’t helping them and they need something different. You could take the extreme case and pull them from school and homeschool them yourself, but that could hurt them in the long run, or be exactly what your child needs. 

How to Handle Kids in School in Idaho

For many of us, we had to suffer through these classes, as our parents didn’t want to deal with the hassle of moving us from class to class, and they said how it would help us to stick with it. In many cases, it benefitted us to stay where we were and to make it through the semester or the school year. Kids today want the easy way out, and many parents grant that wish. Perhaps the best way to handle the situation is to have them wait it out and see if things get better. If your child is still unhappy or struggling after a month, then perhaps action needs to be taken to pull them from that class. 

As a new school year begins, there will be parents in the Magic Valley and all across the Gem State that have to deal with their child not liking their teacher the first week, not having their favorite friend in their class, not liking a certain subject or for random reasons wanting to not be in a certain class. As parents, it is up to you to decide the best way to handle the situation, but if your child approaches you and hates their class, what would you do? 

IDAHO FALLS — Shovels went into the dirt and in the air after a celebratory groundbreaking for a power generation facility in Idaho Falls Monday morning.  

People from the community came to watch the groundbreaking and learn more about the Idaho Falls Power Peaking Plant and Clean Energy Research Park at 2017 East Iona Road. Idaho Falls Power is investing $36 million to build the plant.

“This is the first major facility we have built in many decades. The city of Idaho Falls is a desirable place to live,” Mayor Rebecca Casper said. “We are watching that growth and we are managing our energy resources carefully.”

The facility is on a 136-acre lot near North Yellowstone Highway. Ten acres will be used for the plant, and the remaining acres will be used for potential future expansion, research and development, and a future substation. 

Idaho Falls Power will be using natural gas fuel for the peaking plant. It’s not only for its lower operating cost but also its ability to provide low-emission energy to meet the community’s immediate needs, the city said in a news release. 

“A natural gas peaking plant is the right technology at the right time for Idaho Falls Power to save money for our rate payers. This plant will be the first carbon emitting resource the city has owned,” Casper said. 

Click here to read a previous story about how the power plant will impact customers’ monthly bill. 

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The 17.5-megawatt plant will provide on-demand energy at times when summer and winter energy uses reach peak usage periods. The plant has enough power for roughly 6,000 homes. 

“The additional plans available on this property, not just where we are, but all around the whole parcel, that’s going to become the Idaho Falls Clean Energy Research Park,” Casper said. 

The park will enable emerging research collaboration with organizations like the Idaho National Laboratory, the city said. 

“This represents a continuation of a very long and fruitful partnership between Idaho Falls Power, the City of Idaho Falls, and Idaho National Laboratory,” said John Revier with Idaho National Laboratory. “Idaho Falls Power is the sole provider of electricity to INL’s in-town facilities. Idaho Falls Power provides the lab with clean, reliable and affordable electricity day in and day out.”

The plant is estimated to be finished and have a ribbon cutting by December 2025.