Editing Gooding, Idaho (section)

==Education==
There are six schools based in Gooding; four in the [[Gooding Joint School District]], the [[North Valley Academy]] charter school,<ref name="magicvalley.com">[http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/03/14/news/local_state/132797.txt Times-News: Magicvalley.com, Twin Falls, ID]</ref> and the [[Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind]]. Another school, '''Gooding College''', closed in 1938.

[[College of Southern Idaho]] maintains a Gooding Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csi.edu/gooding/contact.aspx|title=Gooding Contact Us|publisher=[[College of Southern Idaho]]|access-date=2024-03-11|quote=202 14th Ave. E. Gooding, ID 83330}}</ref> Gooding County is in the catchment area, but not the taxation zone, for College of Southern Idaho.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/budget/publications/Legislative-Budget-Book/2016/1.Education/1-079.Community%20Colleges.pdf|chapter=Community Colleges|title=Legislative Budget Book|publisher=[[Idaho Legislature]]|year=2016|pages=1–81 (PDF p. 3/9)}} - See area 1 in: {{cite web|url=https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title33/T33CH21/SECT33-2101/|title=TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 21 JUNIOR COLLEGES|publisher=[[Idaho Legislature]]|access-date=2024-03-12}}</ref>

There is also a public library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gooding.lili.org/|title=Home|publisher=Gooding Public Library|access-date=2024-03-11}}</ref>

===Gooding Joint School District===
The Gooding Joint School District operates three schools: Gooding Elementary School, Gooding Middle School, and [[Gooding High School]].<ref>[http://www.goodingschools.org Gooding School District]</ref>

The district is mostly in Gooding County,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st16_id/schooldistrict_maps/c16047_gooding/DC20SD_C16047.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Gooding County, ID|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-03-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st16_id/schooldistrict_maps/c16047_gooding/DC20SD_C16047_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> and it has a portion in [[Lincoln County, Idaho|Lincoln County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st16_id/schooldistrict_maps/c16063_lincoln/DC20SD_C16063.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lincoln County, ID|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-03-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st16_id/schooldistrict_maps/c16063_lincoln/DC20SD_C16063_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

There are approximately 1200 students in the district. It ranks 43rd in size amongst the 114 school districts in Idaho.

The Gooding Joint School District was ranked in fourth place (in the small district category) on the Digital School Districts Survey,<ref>[http://www.centerdigitaled.com/surveys.php?survey=school_boards Surveys - Center for Digital Education] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130053249/http://www.centerdigitaled.com/surveys.php?survey=school_boards |date=2006-11-30 }}</ref> for its "''use of technology to govern the district <nowiki>[and to]</nowiki> communicate with students, parents and the community.''"<ref>[http://www.goodingschools.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=2 Gooding School District - Gooding School District Ranked 4th in the Nation]</ref>

Gooding School District was the first district in the nation to win the [[HealthierUS]] Challenge "Gold Award of Distinction."<ref>[http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/article_5325ec5b-b041-5330-ab8d-8c29754316bf.html Gooding Elementary wins USDA award for health]</ref><ref>[http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/70564952.html Area school sets national bar for nutritional standards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123015030/http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/70564952.html |date=2009-11-23 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/healthierus/silvergoldtn.html |title=HealthierUS School Challenge: Recognizing Excellence in Nutrition and Physical Activity |access-date=2009-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108031302/http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/HealthierUS/silvergoldtn.html#ID |archive-date=2009-11-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Image:Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind main entrance and administration offices.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|The main entrance and administration offices of the ISDB.]]
===North Valley Academy===
[[Image:Idaho school for the deaf and the blind grounds.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|The grounds and some of the dormitories at the ISDB.]]

The North Valley Academy charter school was approved December 20, 2007.<ref>[http://www.northvalleyacademy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=64 North Valley Academy - NVA Founders and Board] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230092625/http://www.northvalleyacademy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=64 |date=2008-12-30 }}</ref>  [[Kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]] started in the 2008–2009 school year,<ref name="magicvalley.com"/> grades 9-12 began in the 2009–2010 school year.<ref>[http://www.northvalleyacademy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26 North Valley Academy - Enrollment] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230092434/http://www.northvalleyacademy.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26 |date=2008-12-30 }}</ref>

===Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind===
The [[Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind]] (ISDB) was first established in 1906 in [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]] and operated there until it burned down on December 8, 1908. The Idaho Legislature passed an act on March 16, 1909, establishing a permanent state school.<ref>Gannon, Jack. 1981. ''Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America'', Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, pp. 53-54 ([http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_53.pdf PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328141714/http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_53.pdf |date=2012-03-28 }})([http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_54.pdf PDF]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328141817/http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_54.pdf |date=2012-03-28 }})</ref>  Governor Frank Gooding donated land for the ISDB so it was moved to Gooding and started accepting students in September 1910.<ref>[http://www.isdb.idaho.gov/history.htm ISDB History]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The school covers a {{convert|40|acre|m2|adj=on}} area and provides dormitories for many of its students and has other facilities, such as a gymnasium and park.<ref>[http://www.goodingidaho.org/Schools/schools.html Schools] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026190520/http://www.goodingidaho.org/Schools/schools.html |date=2008-10-26 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.isdb.idaho.gov/residential.htm Cottage Program]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Gooding College===
Gooding College operated in the city from {{start date and age|1917|p=y}} to {{end date and age|1938|p=y}}, offering high school and college courses.<ref name=lostcol>{{cite web |url=https://www.lostcolleges.com/gooding-college |title=Gooding College |website=lostcolleges.com |accessdate=January 8, 2022}}</ref> The school's largest enrollment was 209 students, in 1928.<ref name=lostcol/> Buildings of the college were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983, listed as "Gooding College Campus".<ref name=lostcol/> The surviving building of the campus, which dates to 1920, became a [[tuberculosis]] hospital in 1946, and was later converted into an inn.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodinginn.com/history |title=History |website=goodinginn.com |accessdate=January 8, 2022}}</ref>
{{see also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Gooding County, Idaho}}
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