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Trustees adopt calendar
for next school year
Standard Journal staff
ASHTON Students
and teachers in the
Fremont School District
will get a full two weeks
break over Christmas and
New Years and the tradi-
tion two-weeks potato har-
vest break.
Thats the results of a
vote Thursday night to
approve next years school
calendar.
There had been a pro-
posal to reduce the spud
harvest break by a week,
allowing students working
the extra week a chance to
make up class work they
missed. A weeklong spring
break had also been pro-
posed.
The trustees delayed
a vote from last month
to allow administrators
a chance to let teachers
weigh in on the calendar
choices.
Thats how the trust-
ees discovered a proposed
spring break would con-
flict with the timing of
state standardized tests.
Trustees voted for a
calendar that calls for the
school year to begin Aug.
26 for teachers and Aug.
28 for students. The 2013-
14 school year will end
May 30 for students and
June 3 for teachers.
Harvest break will
be Sept. 23 to Oct. 8,
Christmas break from Dec.
23 to Jan. 6 and spring
break will be from April 18
to April 22. The calendar,
as approved, says teacher
in-service days are yet to
be determined.
Standard Journal staff
BOISE The Idaho
Public Utilities Commission
will take comments through
March 1 on a proposal by
Rocky Mountain Power to
transfer management to
a third party of two pro-
grams that pay irrigators
for reducing consumption
during peak-load hours.
The power company has
been paying or crediting
irrigators who volunteer
to participate in two load
reduction programs. It now
seeks to cancel the tariff
schedules that establish the
amounts irrigators are to
be paid under those pro-
grams and instead contract
with a third-party aggrega-
tor, EnerNoc, to administer
irrigation load control.
Last year, the utility
began seeking bids from
vendors who the company
said may be able to oper-
ate the programs more cost-
effectively.
Under the current pro-
gram, Rocky Mountain
must pay all participating
irrigators even if it does not
achieve the load reduction
anticipated. In 2012, for
example, the company paid
for 244 MW of curtailment,
but received only 139 MW,
or 57 percent of participat-
ing load, according to the
PUC.
After reviewing five
bid proposals, the com-
pany selected EnerNocs
pay-for- per for mance
model which pays irriga-
tors for actual load reduc-
tion only. EnerNoc, head-
quartered in Boston with
a Boise research center,
manages more than 25 pay-
for-performance contracts
throughout the country.
The organization that
represents most irriga-
tors, the Idaho Irrigation
Pumpers Association,
requested a hearing. But
the commission said a
modified procedure that
uses written comment is an
effective means for obtain-
ing public input and par-
ticipation.
Under the proposed
contract, EnerNoc would
assume all responsibil-
ity for installing, operating
and maintaining irrigation
load control devices as well
as recruiting customers,
providing customer service
and issuing irrigation cred-
its.
As with the current pro-
gram, participating irriga-
tors will be notified the day
before curtailment and will
be able to opt-out before
dispatch.
Comments will be
accepted through March
1 via e-mail by accessing
the commissions homepage
at www.puc.idaho.gov and
clicking on Comments &
Questions About a Case.
Fill in the case number
(PAC-E-12-14) and enter
your comments. Comments
can also be mailed to P.O.
Box 83720, Boise, ID
83720-0074 or faxed to
(208) 334-3762.
Utility regulators taking
comment on power change
School news and events
for the week of Feb. 25.
Madison Jr. High
The eighth-grade boys
and girls co-ed basket-
ball team continues to see
success. Their next game
is Feb. 27.
Madison Middle
The DARE program
will host McDARE night
on Feb. 25 from 5-7 p.m. at
McDonalds in Rexburg.
Police officers will meet
with students and will
have trading cards with
the police officers faces
to sign and inspire kids
to stay away from drugs,
gangs and violence.
Adams Elementary
The Academic
Achievers for this
week are: Bethany
Hunt, Candace Walker,
Jonathan Edwards, Mia
Sutherland and Riley
Hill.
Burton Elementary
Last week the second-
grade students of Burton
honored Presidents Day
a little differently than
other students. Each sec-
ond grader was assigned
a U.S. president and was
required to do a simple
research report on him
including his favor-
ite cookie. Students
learned which cookies
the presidents preferred
or were popular during
their respective eras in
order to make the prop-
er cookies. The students
presented their reports
and their cookies at the
Presidential Cookie
Fair, and had the oppor-
tunity to try the presi-
dents favorites.
Burton Elementary
will look Seussical all
week for the celebration of
Dr. Seuss 99th birthday
on March 2. His birthday
is celebrated each year to
inspire kids to read. Each
day has will be themed
around a Dr. Seuss book
such as crazy sock day
for The Foot Book and
mustache day for The
Lorax. Students will
also have the opportunity
to try Seussical food for
lunch like Pink Ink Yink,
Oodle Poodle Noodles and
green eggs and ham.
Lincoln Elementary
The teachers of fourth-
grade classes say their
students have been work-
ing hard for weeks to put
on a play about Lewis
and Clark. They have
tied the play into their
social studies and science
curriculums, providing a
way to show parents and
teachers what the stu-
dents have learned. Their
performance will be at 10
a.m. on Feb. 25.
Ashton Elementary
The annual Moms and
Muffins day is happen-
ing this week on Feb.
26. Students will have
the opportunity to eat
muffins and milk with
their moms before school
starts that morning. And
dads shouldnt feel left
out because next month
Ashton Elementary will
also have a Dads and
Doughnuts day for stu-
dents and their dads.
South Fremont High
South Fremont High
will host Connecting the
Dots on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
Connecting the Dots is a
drug awareness program
for parents and teachers
to learn how to help their
students prepare for and
stay away from situations
with drugs.
Compiled by Lauren
Grange. Schools can send
any news items by email
to editor@uvsj.com.
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Courthouse, St. Anthony
Elected offcials
Sheri Poulsen of Jensen Poulsen, annual
audit report
4-H Director Dana Miller
Social Services, Debbie Adams, closed
session for considering indigent claims
Indigent appeal hearing M2012-44,
closed door session
Indigent appeal hearing M2012-45,
closed door session
Public Works Director Brandon Harris,
report
Planning and Building Administrator Tom
Cluff, report
Deputy Clerk Debbie Mace and Neil
Ward, certifed interpreter training
Bills, insurance, contracts, application,
minute, as time allows