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Welcome back! In this season premiere, Alexis takes you on a quick journey of one of Idaho’s long-running education funding battles—stretching from the 1960s fight for a sales tax to today’s heated debates over vouchers.

She'll revisit the Save Our Schools campaign that united teachers, parents, and school board trustees more than 55 years ago, and connect it to the 2025 town halls carrying the same spirit of protecting public education. Then, she'll dig into today’s voucher fight: what vouchers really are, why they matter, and how they shape the future of Idaho schools and communities.

This episode blends history, policy, and personal experience to uncover the fiscal and moral questions at the heart of education funding: Who benefits? Who pays? And what does real choice in education look like?

In This Episode:

• The origin of The Purple Zone and what’s new this season
• Idaho’s 1960s education funding and the creation of the sales tax
• The original Save Our Schools campaign—and its echoes today
• Breaking down school vouchers: history, myths, and modern-day impacts
• Fiscal and moral questions Idaho families need to consider
• How you can get involved and protect public education in 2026 and beyond

The Purple Zone is about bridging policy, practice, and people—because community is where policy comes to life.

Cheers, everyone!

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