A small building, once military housing, is the second of two buildings once associated with Fort Boise on the Mountain Cove campus.
In March of 2006, voters approved a 94 million dollar bond proposed by the Boise School District. This funding, which will allow construction work on facilities at thirteen separate sites around Idaho’s capital city, was requested by the school board to alleviate budget shortfalls and accommodate additional needs.
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Typical of most bond requests, this particular appeal was controversial. Questions were raised by many including Boise historic preservationists who joined with their colleagues in Ada County and at the statewide level in requesting that proper deference be given to Boise’s inventory of historic school buildings. Even the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which has previously lauded the Boise School District for their work at Boise High School and the Bown House, urged caution in too quickly dismissing the value of Idaho’s largest collection of historically significant educational facilities.
What follows are images of nine schools for which the future is uncertain. All of these buildings are either listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.