{"id":7535,"date":"2012-05-21T06:20:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T12:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=7535"},"modified":"2012-10-23T21:55:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T03:55:51","slug":"tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Idaho Town Ponies Up, But Its School Still Suffers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7535 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/rockland-sign\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-sign-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-sign-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-sign-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-sign-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7542'>\n\t\t\t\tEvery last resident counts in Rockland, Idaho.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/jim-woodworth\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Jim-Woodworth-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Jim-Woodworth-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Jim-Woodworth-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Jim-Woodworth-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7537'>\n\t\t\t\tSuperindendent Jim Woodworth was born in Rockland, and has spent 22 years at the helm of Rockland School.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/rockland-school-band\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-School-band-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-School-band-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-School-band-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-School-band-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7540'>\n\t\t\t\tThe high school band rehearses for its end-of-year concert.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/william-lower\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/William-Lower-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/William-Lower-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/William-Lower-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/William-Lower-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7545'>\n\t\t\t\tMusic teacher William Lower says local people are &#8220;fundraisered out&#8221; by the constant job of raising money for the school.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/rockland-school-sign\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-School-sign-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-School-sign-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-School-sign-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-School-sign-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7541'>\n\t\t\t\tThe school sign reminded the town that it was election week.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/rockland-ranchland\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-ranchland-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-ranchland-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-ranchland-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Rockland-ranchland-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7539'>\n\t\t\t\tA mile from Rockland School, there&#8217;s open ranchland.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/shiree-petersen\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Shiree-Petersen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Shiree-Petersen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Shiree-Petersen-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Shiree-Petersen-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7543'>\n\t\t\t\tSharee Petersen heads the Rockland School Foundation, and ranches with her dad and brother.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/petersen-barnyard\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Petersen-Barnyard-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Petersen-Barnyard-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Petersen-Barnyard-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Petersen-Barnyard-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7538'>\n\t\t\t\tSharee Petersen herds cows into a waiting trailer.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/21\/tiny-idaho-town-ponies-up-but-its-school-still-suffers\/vote-here\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Vote-Here-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Vote-Here-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Vote-Here-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Vote-Here-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7544'>\n\t\t\t\tWhile voter turnout was low across much of Idaho, more than 40 percent of Rockland voters went to the polls.  Eighty percent supported the school levy.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>You might not guess it, if you happened to pass through, but tiny Rockland, Idaho, population 318, is a place of distinction.\u00a0 The town has no grocery store.\u00a0 Its gas station is just a couple of unmanned pumps where you pay by credit card.\u00a0 But what this town does have is a school, and local people stand behind it.<\/p>\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jon May was the first person to cast a ballot at Rockland City Hall last week.\u00a0 It was primary day, and the local school levy was up for a vote.\u00a0 I asked May if he supported it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I did,&#8221; he said.\u00a0 He always does.<\/p>\n<p>When public schools are short on money, they have a last resort.\u00a0 They can go to voters, like May, and ask them to pay extra.\u00a0 As state funding for Idaho schools has dropped, many districts have done just that.\u00a0 But there\u2019s a hitch.\u00a0 Levies can lead to unequal tax burdens and disparate funding levels for students.<\/p>\n<p>In Rockland, May is in good company.\u00a0 While some districts have trouble getting voters to support school levies, in this town, the levy is a shoe-in.\u00a0 It never fails, even though people in this district pay the highest rate in the state.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s little Rockland School Superintendent Jim Woodworth likes more than showing off the school &#8212; the classrooms, the new gym, the playground.\u00a0 He gestures, proudly.\u00a0 &#8220;The grass and everything out here we put in ourselves,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>The school isn&#8217;t fancy, but local people have had a hand in all of it.\u00a0 The grass on the playground, put in by volunteers, is the smallest example.\u00a0 Woodworth gives another: the school building.\u00a0 Local farmers and ranchers excavated the site themselves.\u00a0 &#8220;They brought their trucks and tractors, and we spent one whole summer moving dirt and hauling gravel,&#8221; he says.\u00a0 &#8220;We saved close to $250,000 just by doing the excavation for the building ourselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>That was years ago.\u00a0 Recently, Rockland residents got together to paint the new gym.\u00a0 Woodworth has lined up volunteers to repair a tennis court this summer.\u00a0 All told, he estimates the school has saved half a million dollars. \u00a0They need every penny.\u00a0 This district has seen a 20 percent decline in state funding in the last three years, according to figures from the state Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a reality Woodworth absorbs with the calmness you\u2019d expect of a small-town superintendent who wears Wranglers to work and ranches on the side.\u00a0 &#8220;You know, sometimes you get a little upset, because you think, &#8216;Well, you know, you guys could be doing more for us.\u00a0 You could be helping us out a little more.&#8217;\u00a0 And yet, when it\u2019s handed down to us, we just take it and go with it,&#8221; he says.\u00a0 &#8220;I mean, that\u2019s all we can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And when what\u2019s handed down is less money, the school has to ask taxpayers for more.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>Sharee Petersen is in the middle of a busy day, loading cows and calves into a truck on a ranch outside of town. She points to the line of them, plodding past. &#8220;The calves were born January, February, March.\u00a0 We start calving the end of January,&#8221; she says.\u00a0 Then she moves off quickly, whistling and calling, herding them toward the open gates.<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s anyone who understands the school\u2019s tight budget and the pressure it puts on local people, it\u2019s Petersen.\u00a0 She grew up in Rockland and ranches with her dad and brother.\u00a0 She also heads the local school foundation.\u00a0 Her kids are three of the 167 who attend Rockland School, K-12.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content alignleft\"><h4 class=\"related-header\">Related<\/h4><div class=\"links\"><h5>Posts<\/h5><ul><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/04\/18\/economist-mike-ferguson-questions-whether-idaho-is-adequately-funding-education\/\">Economist Mike Ferguson Questions Whether Idaho Is Adequately Funding Education<\/a><\/li><li class=\"link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/04\/13\/study-questions-constitutionality-of-idahos-education-funding-plan\/\">Study Questions Constitutionality Of Idaho\u2019s Education Funding Plan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"topics\"><h5>Topics<\/h5><p class=\"topic\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/04\/MarioVillafuerte_Getty.jpg\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/education-funding\/\">Idaho\u2019s Education Funding Glossary<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em><\/em>Later, Petersen tells me the tough thing about the school levy is that it falls to farm and ranch families like hers to pay the largest share.\u00a0 &#8220;We don\u2019t have a lot of booming businesses out here.\u00a0 We have a lot of grazing land.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have Simplot or Lamb Weston out here to help \u2013 help with our tax base,&#8221; she says. &#8220;So we have to rely on the farmers, and that\u2019s a bad deal!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the county assessor\u2019s office, the largest farms and ranches in this district pay about $5,000 toward the school levy each year.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the hard situation for Rockland: it has some of the lowest property values in the state.\u00a0 In order to raise the extra $210,000 their school needs to get by, taxpayers here agree to a levy rate that is 17 times the rate paid in one of the state\u2019s wealthiest school districts.\u00a0 Mike Ferguson of the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy says that might go <a title=\"Study Questions Constitutionality Of Idaho\u2019s Education Funding Plan\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/04\/13\/study-questions-constitutionality-of-idahos-education-funding-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\">against the state constitution<\/a>.\u00a0 &#8220;Property taxes are supposed to be levied uniformly,&#8221; he says. &#8220;And by having the districts with levies all across the board, some at zero, some at relatively high rates, that\u2019s not uniform property taxation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson says <a title=\"Economist Mike Ferguson Questions Whether Idaho Is Adequately Funding Education\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/04\/18\/economist-mike-ferguson-questions-whether-idaho-is-adequately-funding-education\/\" target=\"_blank\">unequal taxation<\/a> is only part of the problem.\u00a0 The other issue is that education funding can vary dramatically, depending on a district\u2019s property values.\u00a0 That\u2019s potentially bad for students.\u00a0 &#8220;Depending on which district a student lives in, they may get zip from a supplemental levy, or they may get a lot,&#8221; Ferguson observes. &#8220;That has a direct bearing on the quality of the education that they will receive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>All of this plays out in Rockland.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the school day, music teacher William Lower leads the high school band in one of its last practices before the end-of-year concert.\u00a0 They&#8217;re taking an exuberant but slightly shaky run through &#8220;Wade in the Water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stop!&#8221; Lower calls out.\u00a0 &#8220;Measure 47, did any of my flutes play an E flat?&#8221; he asks.\u00a0 From the front row, a flautist acknowledges that they all might have messed up.\u00a0 &#8220;Yeah, it sounded like all of you!&#8221; Lower says cheerfully, picking the piece up where they left off.<\/p>\n<p>People in Rockland are proud of their school, and rightfully so.\u00a0 It\u2019s the heart of their community. They\u2019ve volunteered and paid extra to support it.\u00a0 But Lower says that strategy has its limits. &#8220;If you keep volunteering to do things, people will begin to expect you to simply volunteer all the time,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>He sees that happening already.\u00a0 &#8220;What\u2019s happening with the state is \u2013 we had people who agreed to volunteer, and now the state is saying, &#8216;Well, now you have to volunteer.\u00a0 And if you don\u2019t volunteer, then your kids are going to suffer.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In spite of this community\u2019s dedication, Rockland School has cut back.\u00a0 It has gone to a four-day school week.\u00a0 Textbooks aren\u2019t updated as often as they used to be.\u00a0 Teachers haven\u2019t had raises in years.\u00a0 Local people say they\u2019ll weather all this.\u00a0 If the school goes under, the town goes under, they say.\u00a0 And they\u2019re determined to keep both afloat.<\/p>\n<p><em>This piece is informed by the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy&#8217;s recent report, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idahocfp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Idaho-Public-School-Funding-1980-to-2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Idaho Public School Funding &#8211; 1980-2013<\/a>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might not guess it, if you happened to pass through, but tiny Rockland, Idaho, population 318, is a place of distinction.\u00a0 The town has no grocery store.\u00a0 Its gas station is just a couple of unmanned pumps where you pay by credit card.\u00a0 But what this town does have is a school, and local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":7543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[236,206,134],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}