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I had a couple people reach out and ask me, "Hey, what ever happened with that story about the 8 year old kid in Livingston, Montana who was kicked off the school bus for not wearing a mask?"

A big victory for parents in Bozeman, Montana is getting some national attention. This, after the Bozeman school board rejected a discriminatory "equity" policy earlier in the week.

Katie Backer is a World and US History teacher at the Career Center in Billings, Montana. She said she found this note on her desk from one of her "darling" students on Wednesday.

The former Democrat Superintendent of Public Instruction in Montana was accused by the NAACP of "exacerbating racism" in the Seattle schools. Now that same superintendent- Denise Juneau- is pushing "critical race theory" in Montana schools which would do what? Exacerbate racism.

Montana's Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen (R-MT) is moving to block "critical race theory" in Montana's public school classrooms. Superintendent Arntzen is requesting an Attorney General's opinion on the legality of critical race theory being pushed in the classroom, and calling on parents to weigh in.

Just before we wrapped up our conversation with School District 2 Superintendent Greg Upham in Billings, I figured I better ask him a couple more quick questions. Will there be a prom, and will there be a graduation this year? Graduation yes. Prom no.

Think about, if you were a kid in Texas, you still got to go to school. You largely didn't have to wear masks. And you still got to play "Friday Night Lights" football. Just minutes away, right across the border- you got none of that. No school. No football. And you better wear a mask everywhere.

I know we're all getting tired of talking about masks, but school kids in Montana are sick of being forced to wear masks. And now, students in Kalispell have been planning to protest.

If you worried that Dr. Seuss was going to be outlawed in our nation's schools...the Outlaws at Elder Grove Elementary School are here to reassure you that the beloved children's book author will still be remembered.

Enrollment in Montana's K-8 public schools is down nearly 4% this Fall, according to numbers released by the state's Superintendent of Public Instruction. Homeschool numbers, meanwhile, are up by almost 63%.

A Billings elementary school had to be locked down today (Tuesday) after a disturbance involving a parent, according to a post on the BillingsPD Twitter page.

Last week, Mark and Paul went in different directions for metal detector delivery. Ryegate would get a visit from Mr. Mushaben, while Custer welcomed Mr. Wilson.