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Pocatello, ID (CBS2) — After an early morning fire on April 21 left most of Highland High School in Pocatello uninhabitable, the Pocatello/ Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees approved a plan that would allow the High School to return to in-person learning for the remainder of the 2022 – 2023 school year.

Highland High School students and staff will share Century High School’s facilities for the remainder of the school year. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays Century High students will attend in-person classes and will do remote classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Highland High students will attend in-person classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and will have remote classes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

“We are more than a school district. We are a community,” said Sheryl Brockett, Principal of Century High School. “Highland learners and staff have been displaced by the fire, but this impacts the entire community and our CHS family is prepared to welcome Highland to our school with open arms.”

Highland High School will also work with Idaho State University (ISU) to move the high school’s Developmental Learning Program and Extended Resource Room students to Albion Hall on ISU’s campus to resume in-person learning.

Dr. Howell said, “From the onset of this tragedy, we’ve pulled everyone together from board members and staff members to student leaders and organizations like Idaho State University. Each of these groups have provided input and shared their suggestions to maintain learning and personal interactions for the Highland High School learning community. Our overarching goal is to proceed with learning with as little disruption as possible, but ultimately, this process is going to have a districtwide impact for both the short and long term. It’s up to our entire community to direct this effort in the most positive way possible.”

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