The Salvation Army in Boise is expanding the learning model at the Booth Campus for pregnant and parenting teens to serve a greater age-range of students, increase enrollment and help prepare students to enter the workforce.

A temporary online forum will be implemented at the school beginning in Fall of 2020 that serves students throughout the Treasure Valley, with plans to partner with Cardinal Academy in Fall of 2021. During the transition to the charter school, The Salvation Army will continue to ensure access to online classes, social services and necessary items such as food, diapers and clothing are available for students.

Our priority is to enhance services and innovate for the future with the following:

• Provide a flexible school model that serves teen parents and a wider age-range of students throughout the Treasure Valley (without district borders) in earning their high school diploma.

• Expand enrollment at the new school, built in 2019, to serve 120 students.

• Offer workforce development opportunities so students are ready to support their families.

“We’ve taken some time this winter to analyze our program structure,” said Lynette Standley, Chair of the Advisory Board’s Programs Committee. “We want to ensure we are providing an educational center for excellence to serve our current and future students. There are some limitations with our current model, and we feel strongly we can expand what we’re offering in this beautiful new facility.”

The Boise community invested over 9 million dollars through the capitol campaign for The Salvation Army’s new Booth Pritchett campus to help improve the life prospects for pregnant and parenting teens. We intend to keep our promise to the community to utilize this building to serve this unique population.

“The Booth program has evolved over the years to include partners like the Boise School District and other providers who share our passion for supporting and nurturing these students and their babies. We would like to expand our offering beyond district borders and serve students throughout the valley.” - Major Michael Halverson, Treasure Valley Coordinator for The Salvation Army.

Thanks to donors like you, we are able grow our program toward a brighter future.