first district in the nation to win the HealthierUS Challenge "Gold Award of Distinction." North Valley Academy The North Valley Academy charter school was approved December 20, 2007. Kindergarten through eighth grade started in the 2008–2009 school year, grades 9-12 began in the 2009–2010 school year. Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind The Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind (ISDB) was first established in 1906 in Boise and operated there until it burned down on December 8, 1908. The Idaho Legislature passed an act on March 16, 1909 establishing a permanent state school. Governor Frank Gooding donated land for the ISDB so it was moved to Gooding and started accepting students in September 1910. The school covers a area and provides dormitories for many of its students and has other facilities, such as a gymnasium and park. Gooding College Gooding College operated in the city from to , offering high school and college courses. The school's largest enrollment was 209 students, in 1928. Buildings of the college were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, listed as "Gooding College Campus". The surviving building of the campus, which dates to 1920, became a tuberculosis hospital in 1946, and was later converted into an inn. Sanitation The city of Gooding has their own trucks and containers for garbage collection. Residents are billed for this service via a monthly utility bill that also includes billing for water and sewerage services. Each occupied residence is furnished with one 90 gallon disposal container. Residential containers are emptied once weekly. In 2010, sanitation became a widely debated issue in the lead up to municipal post elections, although there have since been no change to their arrangements. See also Gooding Milner canal References External links Gooding Joint School District Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind website Gooding Idaho Chamber of Commerce North Valley Academy Cities in Idaho Cities in Gooding County, Idaho County seats in Idaho Populated places established in 1907