Lincoln Elementary is preparing to open for the school year to all its normally assigned students after a windstorm tore off about half of the school’s roof in March. During the Aug. 3 school board meeting, Superintendent Heather Hoyer said that trees out front have been planted, floors have been sanded, there’s new tile in one room and a new
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Great Falls Public Schools has hired, pending school board approval, its second girls’ flag football coach for the new club sport the district is launching this fall. The GFPS Athletic Department has selected Whitney Grant as Great Falls High’s first coach for the new sport, according to Mike Henneberg, athletic director. A Malta native, Grant currently serves as general manager of Big
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United Way of Cascade County is collecting school supplies and living essentials as part of its 16th annual Stuff the Bus drive on Aug. 6. More than 100 volunteers will be at one of three buses donated by Big Sky Bus Lines that are parked at Target and both Walmarts, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Supplies collected through community
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Resse Riggin appeared in court on July 23 for an answer hearing in the proceedings regarding whether he violated his probation conditions. The Cascade County Attorney’s Office filed a petition in late June to revoke his suspended sentence from a 2016 sexual intercourse without consent conviction. He was arrested in late June on allegations that he inappropriately touched two sixth-grade
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Updated July 24 Renovation of the C.M. Russell High School auditorium is underway, funded by donors through the Great Falls Public Schools Foundation. During the July 13 school board meeting, Superintendent Heather Hoyer said painting was underway, including covering the formerly magenta surfaces. She said the goal is to have the auditorium work completed in time for holiday concerts. GFPS
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The Great Falls Public Schools board approved a calendar amendment during its July 13 meeting for the upcoming school year. During the 2024-25 school year and throughout that summer, district officials and the Great Falls Education Association worked through the process of modifying the contact minutes during the school year to have nonstudent contact days at the end of the
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The Great Falls Public Schools district is planning to purchase new curriculum for family and consumer science. Teachers and curriculum coordinators met over the last two years to update their “know-understand-dos” and select new textbooks for the courses. GFPS adopts new math materials Beckie Fribee, secondary curriculum/assesment coordinator, told the board during their July 13 meeting that the teachers reviewed
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A district court judge denied a bail reduction for Reese Riggin during a July 8 hearing. Riggin was arrested on June 25 after the Cascade County Attorney’s Office filed a motion to revoke his suspended sentence based on new allegations of inappropriately touching young girls at an end of the school year event at Meadow Lark Elementary School. By 6
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Painting a tractor with a bucket in the classroom at SafetyTown, Veronica Griffith asked a group of rising kindergarteners if they should get in the bucket of a tractor. The resounding answer was, “No!” “Is that safe or unsafe,” asked Griffith, program coordinator. “Unsafe,” the children shouted. The students were nearing the end of their 10-day experience at Safety Town and
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Great Falls Public Schools administrators sent a letter on June 29 to parents of Meadow Lark Elementary students regarding the incident with Reese Riggin at a school event. GFPS “is deeply troubled and saddened by the recent events involving Reese Riggin. Our hearts are with the students and families affected. We understand and share the concern and distress this situation
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