Sandpoint Learnin'-Readin', Ritin', and Rithmatic
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12/22/2008
We are so proud of our high school, and I often ask people where in the nation do we still fund virtually every art and activity, all the way down to the Men's Glee Club. Our schools are rated in the middle of the pack, with a 6 out of 10 in Great Schools website and others. Many people locally do not think our schools are up to the task, and home-schooling here is as prevalent as any place. However, coming from Louisiana and Florida, I find the schools amazing. Certainly the children here are so much nicer, more polite, and seemingly better educated than in California, where my wife and I worked for three years. Education cannot be viewed only from the perspective of the quality of schools. When the kids coming out of the area are hard working, ethical, humble and polite, I have to think something is working right. Last year Dennis Pence, one of the founders of Coldwater Creek, pledged to donate matching funds with the state to build our first University of Idaho campus in Sandpoint. When the stock lost 90% of its value, those plans went on the back burner. However, this idea has taken seed, and I suspect we will have a university extension campus within ten years. Overall, education in Sandpoint is generally good, as are the schools.
Gary | Sandpoint, ID