Casey Bertram

A handful of charter schools in the Billings and Bozeman areas are slated to open as planned this summer despite complaints over the rollout of the new program.

To avoid emergency funding cuts, Bozeman Public Schools is looking to cut $4.1 million from its $57 million K-12 general fund budget. Superintendent Casey Bertram says the disruption of closing elementary school would not be worth saving $300,000.

Bozeman Public Schools is loosening restrictions and moving to routine disease management.

As COVID-19 cases in Montana increase, some school districts are putting in place mask mandates days before classes are set to begin.