Giant strides are being made to make the "Idaho Story" as it pertains to migrant education a story with a happy ending. That task is a monumental one, however, and much work still needs to be done. For each migrant student who successfully completes high school, several more fall by the wayside and back into a lifestyle from which there is no escape. The education of these children must be of increasing concern to all Idahoans. Neither token acknowledgement nor benign neglect is the answer to those who have given so much and received so little in return. This publication is financed by funds provided by the Division of Education for the Disadvantaged, Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or It is the policy of the Idaho State Department of Education not to discriminate in any educational pro- Inquiries regarding compliance with this nondiscriminatory policy may be directed to Jerry L. Evans 68-724 0-80-41 Idaho State Department of Education Jerry L. Evans - State Superintendent of Public Instruction Donald J. Carpenter - Associate State Superintendent, State-Federal Instructional Services Ruth Seydel Supervisor, Compensatory Education Ardis M. Snyder - Coordinator, Migrant Education Shirley Vendrell - Consultant, Migrant Education Southeast Idaho Migrant Education Resource Center Rupert, Idaho 83350 Stan Patterson, Director 436-9345 Norma DeVoe, MSRTS Terminal Operator 436-9358 Southwest Idaho Migrant Education Resource Center 619 South Canyon Nampa, Idaho 83651 J. Brent McDonald, Director 467-5288 Patricia Hendrix, MSRTS Terminal Operator 466-7154 DEPARTMENTO STATE Migrants in Idaho Idaho's economy could not exist as we know it today without agricultural production and migratory farm workers. Underscoring this is the fact that Idaho leads the nation in the production of potatoes; ranks second nationally in the production of dry peas and alfalfa seed; third in hops, mint, dry beans, and barley; and fourth in the production of sugar beets. The Idaho Migrant Program Idaho migrant programs are currently operating in 32 school districts statewide. The Idaho State Department of Education provides leadership as local school districts plan and implement supplemental instructional programs appropriate to the school needs of migrant children. These programs are offered during the regular school term as well as during the summer months. Idaho schools provided educational services for approximately 10,000 migrant students during the 1979 fiscal year. |