Billings Public Schools

Today’s school closures and late starts include a late start at Lame Deer – scheduled for 10 a.m., with buses leaving the barn at 8 a.m. and arrive at their first stop by 8:30, arriving at the elementary school by 10 a.m. and the high school by 10:20...

The Gazette reports that an unidentified student was arrested at West High School for disorderly conduct, obstructing and resisting arrest on Wednesday morning, according to Billings Police Department spokesman Neil Lawrence. School District 2 superintendent Terry Bouck said that he was aware of the contentious incident, which he said is under review...

Q2 reports that a suburban Billings High School teacher, who resigned from a school in Washington state in 2016 amid allegations of sexual misconduct, was recently placed on administrative leave. Thomas Mattingly, a physical education teacher who’s also known as “Chris” at Shepherd High School, was hired in August for the 2017-2018 school year...

The Billings Gazette reports School District 2 enrollment is expected to barely grow in the next decade, but elementary schools will see a slight decrease, according to updated enrollment projections. The companies that prepared both the update and original report for the Billings school district, Cropper GIS and Mckibben Demographics, first created enrollment projections for SD2 in 2012... Read M

Billings Public School lunches will go up in price by about 10 cents next school year. The new prices were released to school trustees on Monday night.  Prices are set using a formula based in part on how many students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches...