Schools

As of right now, Laramie County School District 1 gives two snow days a year. Any more after that, days get added on at the end of the school year.

The district also points to difficulty in filling a full schedule for sixth-grade competitions, saying that few 3A schools in western Wyoming offer team sports at that level.

The school closing procedures for inclement weather vary from city to city, as well as from district to district in Wyoming. But what is your personal opinion on when is it too cold for school?

The tax on liquor would go from about $0.94 to roughly $3.73 per gallon.

Warning: Heavy snark factor ahead. While American schools continue the reckless practice of cap tossing, one university bans mortarboard-throwing at graduation after some students were hurt by falling hats in recent years. Calling it an ‘unacceptable risk...

Did you know that more than 500 bags of food are handed out to local students in need each week? The Friday Food Bag Foundation delivers bags of nutritious, non-perishable food each week to schools in Laramie County School Districts #1 and 2 to distribute to needy children over the weekends.

Scholastic School Supplies is sending out invoices to Some Wyoming schools for hundreds of dollars, presumably in the hopes some will just pay the bills without looking into whether they are genuine or bogus bills. Anyone questioning the bills cannot reach them in their supposed home states of Nevada or New Jersey, because the addresses are just phony mail drops...

Did you attend Goins Elementary School in Cheyenne? All alumni are invited back to say farewell to the old building on Friday afternoon, May 18, between 2:30 and 4.

An Iowa school board has proposed eliminating letter grades in 6th, 7th and 8th grades -- and replacing them with "standards-based reporting."