Passing on failure. – While state, districts disagree, parents make the call on failing students in Idaho

"We cannot continue to pass our kids along when the work they are trying to do is not adequate," said Chavez, a member of the middle-school task force. Middle school, she said, "is really where we have a last good foothold on how a child progresses – sometimes for the rest of their life."

By Jared S. Hopkins
Times-News writer

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