They'll get to see their kids walk across that stage and be handed their diplomas. Parents in Billings, Montana are celebrating the news that graduation ceremonies will now move forward at the Metra arena in Billings. This, as parents elsewhere across the state are wondering why they can't do the same for their 2020 high school seniors.
Evelyn Pyburn with The Big Sky Business Journal and I were chatting about this earlier in the week. It really sounds like a win-win. High school students here in Montana can get college credits while still in high school, and they save time and money down the road.
Billings School District 2 is asking voters for a mill levy increase to help fund new textbooks and other digital curriculum in the high schools, including career-focused programs. SD 2 Superintendent Greg Upham gave his pitch to the voters ahead of the May 7th mail-in ballot, and took questions from listeners on the radio.
Q2 reports that Helena’s assistant superintendent Greg Upham has accepted the job as Billings School District 2 superintendent after New Jersey’s Dr. Ross Kasun declined the position for personal reasons on Wednesday. Greg Upham was approached and agreed on Thursday to take the job in Billings, according to SD2 Board of Trustees Chairwoman Greta Besch Moen...
There are 379 high schools in Montana, 583 elementary schools, dozens of colleges and community colleges, trade schools etc. There are 10,000 or so employees in our schools and educational facilities and yet Billings could not find one who could run School District 2...
Q2 reports late-season winter weather is forcing some schools across south-central Montana to cancel or delay classes. Closures include; Lodge Grass schools, St. Charles mission school in Pryor, St. Labre Catholic Schools in Ashland, Pretty Eagle School in St...
School District 2 has released information on how officials plan to handle local participation in a nationwide student walkout planned to protest school gun violence next week.
The walkout is scheduled for 10 a.m. on March 14, one month after 17 people were killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida...
We have been seeing on Social Media and even on the news lately that several High School students will walk out of school on March 14th, one month after the school shooting in Florida.
School district 2 officials say Daylis Stadium is in the need for some major repairs such as bleachers, rest rooms, locker rooms, etc. How to pay for it. . . that's the question. If you cut just 1 administration job you could save over 2...
Does anyone out there know why School District 2 continues to schedule varsity football games on Friday afternoons? It makes no sense at all. Parents are working, people who want to go are working, the kids from the other school have to miss class time in order to get here...