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Algonquin Press/Oni Press/The Billings Public Schools Board of Trustees voted Monday night to keep “Lawn Boy” and “Gender Queer: A Memoir” in circulation at the high school level, saying both books meet the libraries’ selection criteria. -
(PD)/Great Falls Public Schools will resume classes on Tuesday after moving to remove learning last week when it did not have enough teachers to instruct students in person.
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Donors have reached a $1 million cap for a new incentive in Montana, matching dollar-for-dollar tax credits for contributions to public schools. The limit was reached within five minutes of the program launching this year. -
A program providing mental health services to public school students is close to running out of temporary funding. State and public school officials are still working out a new funding structure to keep providing services.
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School districts in Gallatin County are trying a variety of approaches to fill paraprofessional staff positions: bonuses, pay increases. Some have even brought in parents. But so far, none of the solutions has led to schools being fully staffed.
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Montana’s school superintendent is facing criticism from administrators of the state’s largest public school districts who say they’re "disappointed" in her leadership. They signed a letter last week detailing what they say is a chronic lack of administrative support from Arntzen’s Office of Public Instruction.
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A group of Republican state lawmakers, school board trustees and citizens have signed a letter in support of Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen. It follows a separate letter signed by the superintendents representing Montana’s eight AA school districts, which expressed disappointment in Arntzen’s leadership.
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A series of workshops is helping middle school students in Livingston prepare for careers and develop new skills.
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In a letter sent to state Superintendent Elsie Arntzen, the heads of Montana's eight AA school districts express "no confidence" in Arntzen's leadership at the Office of Public Instruction.
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Josey Quiñones is a band teacher at Monforton Middle School west of Bozeman whose students are meeting in person this school year — albeit outdoors — after an 18 month break during the pandemic.
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The Montana University System and University of Montana are rejecting allegations of gender discrimination and asking a U.S. District Court to toss out claims filed by one of the four female plaintiffs.
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The Darby School District doesn’t have enough staff to keep its doors open, and students will switch to distance learning for the remainder of the week.
