State inspectors try to get out into every school once every three years for a safety assessment.
They didn’t come close to staying on schedule in 2021-22 — because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted K-12 operations across the state.
All told, the state assessed 152 schools last school year, just one-fifth of Idaho’s 735 schools.
“It’s not where we would like to be,” Mike Munger, the director of the Idaho Office of School Safety and Security, told a state advisory board Tuesday.
The assessments are supposed to provide a school with a look at its potential safety problems: structural problems or flawed procedures and policies that could put students or staff at risk.
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