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North Valley Academy is a free public charter school in Gooding, Idaho, with an American-heritage focus. It is run by North Valley Academy, Inc., a nonprofit whose five-member Board of Directors is not elected by voters. The Idaho Public Charter School Commission authorizes the charter and can renew or close it. Like other Idaho charters, it is paid mainly by the state based on student attendance, plus federal programs such as school lunch; it cannot ask local voters for a property tax levy.
MaryBelle Anderson (chair), Sherry Funkhouser (vice chair), Jeff Bard (treasurer), Steve Faulkner and Theresa Patterson. A new member was introduced in June 2026.
Jeff Klamm is principal and head administrator; he was rehired for 2026-27 in April 2026.
The board meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm at 906 Main St, Gooding.
The board approves a list of every check each month and posts it online.
Posted minutes stop after May 2026 and budget figures are not online, so this page cannot show how the money is spent. That is a gap in the public record, not evidence of a problem.
Agendas for June 9, July 7, July 13, August 4 and September 1, 2026 are posted; their minutes are not.
Federal Common Core of Data figure; not stated in the collected board records.
In May 2026 the board told the administrator to keep collecting bids to remove trees and add parking.
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Listed for board action on August 4, 2026.
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Gooding
North Valley Academy is a public charter school run by North Valley Academy, Inc. Its Board of Directors is not elected by voters; directors are seated under the nonprofit's bylaws and officers are chosen by the board each January (re-elected January 6, 2026). There is no public school board election.
Official source · verified Oct 30, 2026
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Explore resources →Collected from the school's website (Educational Networks): board agendas for November 2025-September 2026, minutes for January-May 2026, and monthly bill lists for November 2025-June 2026.
We read every agenda, packet, recording, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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