Billings School District #2

According to the Montana Office of Public Instruction Billings Elementary Schools and Billings High Schools are receiving almost $46M in Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Funding. Are we going to get a return on our investment?

Supt Upham: "After consulting with the National Weather Service and giving sincere consideration regarding the weather, Billings Public Schools will be cancelling school tomorrow, Wednesday, February 27. "

If you're looking for someone to give you a fair rundown of what happened at the city council meeting, or a historical perspective about issues facing Billings School District 2- Larry Brewster is the guy to talk to. That's why I was quite surprised to hear that Billings City Councilman Larry Brewster will be announcing his resignation from the council during Monday night's meeting.

The Gazette reports that School District 2 Trustees picked their top three candidates for Billings Public Schools superintendent on Tuesday night. Greg Upham, who is Helena’s assistant superintendent, education consultant Rebecca Salato and Ross Kasun, a superintendent of schools in New Jersey, will interview as finalists for the position in April...

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...

Students and School District 2 officials are talking about how best to handle a planned walk-out scheduled nationwide for March 14th, but some in Billings are opposed to it. The walkout across the country is set for the one-month anniversary of the shooting at Florida’s Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 dead...

With a Montana state budget that is ever-tightening, the School District 2 board will discuss another high school levy on the May ballot, after a similar levy failed last year. Q2 reports that last year’s levy got close to passing, but ultimately failed by less than one percent...

For most of you that truly know me, I generally don't rant on social media or in my blog very often. However, today will be a little different. Let me ask this question: If your child attends classes in School District 2 and they eat hot lunch, would you be upset or confused if the lunch lady didn't let your child eat lunch...

Billings is home to 22 elementary schools and four middle schools. Three of those 26 schools earned a score of eight or higher out of a total of 10 points.

I talked about this earlier in the week. Taxes. Everybody's getting them done right now. And, we're finding out how much Uncle Sam is keeping. And, finding out how little of it we get back in a refund. Not everybody is getting a refund. Many are getting sticker shock from what their "Obamacare" cost them...