BRUNEAU, Idaho — Voters in Owyhee and Elmore County will soon decide whether Bruneau Elementary School stays open next year or closes its doors for good.

The Bruneau Grand View School District is asking voters to approve the school’s closure on the Nov. 4 ballot — a move that could end more than 50 years of local classes in the small, rural community south of Mountain Home.

The school board voted in July to close Bruneau Elementary at the end of the 2024–25 school year unless voters decide otherwise. That decision sparked frustration from residents who say they already approved a levy last May to keep all three schools in the district open.

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"We look at it as a little bit of a bait and switch," Bruneau

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