Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder
POWELL — At a Tuesday public meeting conducted by Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments officers on the disposal of a pristine section of land surrounded by Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge, Director Jenifer Scoggin began by saying she was not there to argue the merits...
Arapahoe Elementary School students work on a lesson in August 2023. (Katie Klingsporn/WyoFile)
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Districts request support for mental health needs, counselors and substance abuse programs as educators strive to improve graduation rates and test scores.
FORT WASHAKIE—Wyoming can support tribal schools on the Wind River Indian Reservation with funds for additional language...
FROM WYOFILE:
Qualifying parents would be eligible for up to $5K a year for pre-K education, homeschool expenses or private school tuition.
A measure to create “education savings accounts” using state funds for parents to pay for costs associated with their children’s preschool education or...
Jodi McGuire, submitted photo
Jodi McGuire, a Newcastle Elementary School special education teacher since 2012, is in her 12th year of teaching at the school and was recently revealed as Weston County School District No. 1 Teacher of the Year at a ceremony in Casper.
Speakers at the ceremony included Sen. John Barrasso,...
JACKSON — For the first time in recent memory, a small herd of horses was grazing outside the Teton County Library.
Inside, their owner, Jake Hutton, wore a worn, drooping cowboy hat as he regaled state officials with his thoughts on why 640 acres of state land near Kelly shouldn’t be auctioned...
CHEYENNE — In the week since Wyoming’s top education official unveiled statewide guidance for addressing sexual content in school library books, multiple local interest groups have shared their thoughts about the policy recommendations.
While some groups criticized the guidance and others...
Parcel 194 ‘bottleneck’ lease sale approved
PINEDALE — Wildlife lovers who support protection of Sublette County’s ancient mule deer and pronghorn antelope migration corridors were shocked by the state’s Oct. 5 approval of Lot 194’s mineral lease sale – in light of a potential designation of the...
SHERIDAN — More than 300 people were in attendance for the Sheridan County Republican Party’s Reagan Day dinner and fundraiser Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman spoke with students before the dinner and attendees during the dinner via Zoom. She did not make the trek from Washington, D.C., amid...
Republican delegates from each county recently met in Laramie for the quarterly Wyoming GOP meeting, where state leadership discussed platform topics. During the meeting, the Weston County Republican Party was selected to host the next quarterly meeting in November.
Attending the meeting from...
CASPER — Wyoming is moving toward school vouchers even as lawmakers have been warned that courts could strike them down as unconstitutional.
Members of the Joint Education Committee met in Cheyenne on Tuesday to debate a series of draft bills that would drastically reshape K-12 schooling in...
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