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Idahos nonprofit Bluum held a briefing to talk about the issues local Hispanic parents are experiencing
BOISE, Idaho — Idahos nonprofit Bluum held a briefing this afternoon to talk about the issues local Hispanic parents are experiencing. During a zoom event they opened up about their personal goals and expectations for their children and what it’s like for them to attend Idaho schools.
“Recent migrants were more satisfied with the status quo. They were just really grateful that their kids were in a school and getting this education,” said Ashley Cotton, the Operations Manager for Bluum.
Of the 5 focus groups held by non-profit Bluum – in both Spanish and English – they found that parents are setting goals of teaching their children academic basics and self-sufficiency. But they also want to make sure there are enough teachers being hired who care about kids and communicate well with parents.
“Schools are really good at giving them logistical updates, but parents really want to know how their kids are doing,” said Steve Farkas, with Bluum.
One issue parents who took part in the event say is a problem is the assumption that their last names automatically dictate a language barrier. For example, they say some English-fluent students are unnecessarily being placed in ESL classes.
“A lot of communication about the wrong thing but in the wrong way,” said Farkas.
One interesting thing to come out of the findings is that different generations of parents have different viewpoints on the education system and post-graduation expectations for their children.
“I’m first generation, and my mom would often say I didn’t scrub toilets and didn’t pick the fields, so you don’t go to college; she hammered college,” said Cotton.
This study will allow Bluum to help educators launch and support charter schools as well as develop school improvement efforts.
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It was a rainy week with intense showers passing through the Treasure Valley. Sunday is expected to be clear but cooler weather and more precipitation is on the way.
I got to capture a phenomenal rainbow coming into the station today after some of the rain we saw on Saturday clear out.
The start of this wee will see some more rain on the way for Boise. Twin Fall will see their precipitation arrive between Monday and Tuesday with chances of rain snow/ mixes and possible accumulation.
A cold front will move in this week dropping temperatures. 40’s will turn into 30’s for the Magic and Treasure Valley’s. Mountains will expect a cool down as well. Thanksgiving is looking like a clear day though for most parts of Idaho.
Colder is coming this week, make sure to bundle up!
An Idaho teen is behind bars after a dead baby was found in a hospital drop-off box meant for the anonymous surrender of newborns.
Angel Newberry, 18, was arrested in Twin Falls more than a month after medical officials found the dead baby girl wrapped in a blanket with her placenta still attached in the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Grove Creek Medical Center in Blackfoot, authorities announced Friday.
“The Safe Haven Baby Box is intended to safely and anonymously allow custodial parents to surrender a newborn under 30 days old without legal repercussions, provided the child is unharmed,” the Blackfoot Police Department said in a social media post.
“Unfortunately, the placement of a harmed or deceased infant is not protected under the system of Idaho law.”
Hospital staff immediately responded to an alarm on Oct. 13 indicating a baby had been placed in the box — making the disturbing discovery that the newborn had been dead long before she was abandoned, according to Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
Idaho law only allows for the surrender of an infant who is unharmed.
“We are heartbroken,” Safe Haven Baby Box founder Monica Kelsey said last month.
“Let this be clear: this is an illegal, deadly abandonment.”
The accused teen was charged with failing to report a death to law enforcement officials and the coroner, police said.
Additional charges could be filed as the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the baby’s death is ongoing.
She is being held at Bingham County Jail.
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