Blaine County School District 61 (BCSD) is a school district headquartered in
Hailey, Idaho.[1]
It is the sole school district with jurisdiction in
Blaine County.[2] The school district covers the entire county.[3]
Students living in the rural Yale area in the county's southeastern panhandle are sent to schools in neighboring
Minidoka County, operated by the
Minidoka County School District.[4] The Blaine district pays money to the Minidoka student to send the Yale students to Minidoka students. In 1994, there was bus transportation provided by both districts, with Acequia Elementary School in
Acequia, operated by the Minidoka district, as the handoff point where the students switch drivers. In 1994, 16 students were sent from Blaine County to Minidoka County.[5]
History
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In 1973, nine students from the Yale area went to Minidoka schools. In 1973 there was Senate Bill 2021, a bill in the
Idaho Legislature which, if passed, would have facilitated redrawing school district boundaries. The Commissioners of Blaine County opposed the bill as they did not want the county school district to lose the "Yale" area.[6]
In 2021, James Foudy became the superintendent of this district. He was previously the superintendent of
McCall-Donnelly School District. All board members voted to make Foudy the superintendent.[7]