The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during a special March 31 meeting to award a $399,063 contract to Empire Roofing for an emergency repair of the Lincoln Elementary School roof, about half of which was blown off during a March 8 windstorm. Because of the emergent need to repair the school roof, the district didn’t have to follow
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to cancel this year’s election and declare the three filed candidates winners by acclamation. State law allows school board trustees to declare election by acclamation if the number of candidates is equal to or less than the number of open positions. Since the school board voted in
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to purchase new math textbooks and resources. The district selected Savvas enVision for middle and high school. The new math materials focus on “an integrated approach to mathematics learning,” according to GFPS staff, following the same methodology adopted in the elementary grades. “An integrated design helps focus
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Great Falls Public Schools officials hope to begin Lincoln Elementary School roof repairs by next month. Luke Diekhans, GFPS’ business operations manager, said during the March 23 board meeting that four qualified roofing contractors visited Lincoln on March 19. He said all four were providing bids for the roof repairs by March 27 and so the district scheduled a March
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to establish girls flag football as a club activity for the next two school years. The activity will fall under the athletic director and be funded by a grant from the Arthur Blank Family Foundation. Both Great Falls High and C.M. Russell High schools are eligible for
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Updated 4 p.m. March 18 with information from the initial court hearing Larry Delcamp was charged with a felony count of intimidation in relation to the March 17 shelter in place at Sacajawea Elementary School. Delcamp currently lives in Laurel, but was planning to a surprise visit to see his son, a student at Sacajawea, according to court documents. The
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The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously not to participate at this time in Bridged Health Alliance, established by the 2023 Montana Legislature as a health and wellness benefits trust for public school systems. Bridged Health Alliance is the formal name of the trust that was established by the Montana Schools Insurance Alliance. The GFPS board took the recommendation of
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Girls flag football might be coming to Great Falls Public Schools as a club sport for both high schools. District officials have been discussing the emerging sport for the last five years and for the last six months, studying the level of interest amongst middle and high school students. Mike Henneberg, GFPS athletic director, told the school board during their
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Great Falls Public Schools secondary teachers have been piloting new math materials in preparation for selecting new resources. Last summer, the district adopted the new state math standards for elementary and secondary levels. At the time, the elementary level adopted Amplify Desmos Math as their resources and materials. Secondary teachers opted to pilot the enVision products from Savvas. After piloting
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Updated 6:15 p.m. March 9 Great Falls Public Schools has a plan for Lincoln Elementary School students after the March 8 wind event caused significant damage to the school’s roof. The wind caused significant damage to the building’s structure and it cannot be used at this time. Lincoln Elementary roof damaged by wind, school will not be held there Monday
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