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4 Day School Weeks have become a big topic this year, as they offer up more time for kids to "be kids". However, it may actually be worse for your children.

Is our education system failing our society when it comes to finances?

Thanks to a grant from the Gianforte Family Foundation, the Montana Association for the Blind is going to expand even further into the high tech arena.

The Montana School Board's Association is now distancing itself from the national association following this outrageous request. They released a statement on Tuesday praising the civility of Montanans. Here's a couple excerpts from their statement.

The Laurel Public School Board is taking a wait-and-see approach to mandatory mask requirements.

Great news for kids who go to the Elder Grove schools in Billings- face masks are no longer required. East Helena made the same move for their kids.

The mask restrictions at MSU-Billings and other campuses in the Montana University System are coming off.

School officials from multiple states are calling on President Joe Biden to reverse his ban on oil and gas leases on federal lands. Montana's Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen (R-MT), signed on to a letter along with public school representatives in Wyoming, North Dakota, Utah, and Alaska.

RiverStone Health offers no-cost school immunizations every year. However, due to a backlog of COVID-19 case investigations, staff that normally would be handling school shots have been temporarily reassigned to help with COVID-19. The Immunization Clinic will resume Monday 7/27.

Remind Me Again Why School Is Cancelled For Two Weeks?

I'm a fan of capitalism because it's the closest thing we have to "you get what you deserve". We trade value for value. If a rancher wants to make more money, they raise more cattle....value for value. I believe that people of sound mind and body in this country have the opportunity to be wealthy if they're willing to devote their lives to that...most of us (myself included) are not.

OK, you have to use your imagination here. But, IF we had computers we could use to blog on back in the 70's, and IF I can recall what was important to "4th Grade Mark", then, it would've sounded like this. "I ran full speed out the door when they let us out of school today and I was the first one to get to where the parents park...