A longtime feature at the Idaho Education Association’s Boise headquarters received a glow up recently when members of the Idaho Parent-Teacher Association visited the Idaho Education Association to clean a bronze plaque. The PTA gifted the plaque to the IEA in 1960 in honor of the two associations’ longtime ties, shared values and commitment to the state’s public education system. In the late 1960s, when the IEA built its current headquarters, the plaque moved to a place of honor in front of the building.

“Being able to reconnect with IEA is meaningful,” said current PTA President Alexis Morgan. “Next year, we will celebrate 120 years of the Idaho PTA. The IEA has been around since 1892. We are two long-standing associations for the state that are really important and doing very purposeful work and meaningful work for teachers and students and bringing in that parent voice. Instead of working in parallel, when we work together we have more voices and representation.”

The cleaning crew included, from left: Anja Morgan, Erik Rudy, Steven Rudy, Fischer Morgan, Alexis Morgan and Tamara Yaniv.