Originally published April 16 on {a style=”font-size: 12px ” href=”https://www.idahoednews.org/top-news/i-think-we-all-knew-this-year-was-going-to-be-rough-in-nampa-turmoil-gives-way-to-optimism/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish”}IdahoEdNews.org{/a}. It was near the end of fourth period, and John Crabill’s internal clock was ticking.
Eight minutes left. Enough time — after a discussion running the gamut from economics to nationalism — to touch on military strength as a factor in imperialism.
For Crabill, a history teacher at Nampa’s Skyview High School, time is finite — carved into increments of 71-minute class periods, crammed into a four-day weekly schedule. More classroom hours, as district officials note, but the time is packed into fewer school days…