Hungry Horse news., 1955-01-07
Schools
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other Bad Rock teacher, Mrs. Eth
ell Gillespie is to teach a third
grade room replacing Mrs. Doris
Whitney who will conduct classes
in remedial reading for grade
school students.
The Bad Rock teachers were
signed for a full year contract by
the Bad Rock board,
GIVE SEATS. AWAY
1t was announced at the meet
ing that seats from the old Col
umbia Falls grade school auditor
ium had been given to Coram
Community Presbyterian church,
| Martin City playroom, Columbia
Falls Methodist church and the
Masonic lodge. They were not con-
sidered worth selling.
Herman Byrd, Martin City board
member, reported on his trip to
Bozeman, where he and Supt. Full
ton attended the state meeting of
the Montana School Boards assoc
iation.
Permission was granted for
Supt. Fulton and Principals Carl
Launer and Phil Nelson to attend
a school administrators meeting in
Great Falls Jan. II and 18.
ATHLETIC CONFERENCES
The school board voted in fav-
or of Columbia Falls high school
becoming a part of the proposed
seven-school class A athletic con-
ference for western Montana in
. cluding Hamilton, Loyola of Miss
oula, Roman, Poison, Whitefish anc
Libby.
) This setup calls for the state.
!, ten largest high schools becoming
5 class AA, then the next "a includ-
ing Columbia Falls being divided
E into western, central and eastern
D divisions.
s Opposed was ten-team con.
:, ference plan that would have Col
! umbia Falls, Whitefish, Libby, Dill
!, lon, Cut Bank, Great Falls Cen
trail and Havre among the schools
Objection was travelling distances
Third plan was essentially tn
same as the present with addition
> of Plains, Thompson Falls and He
> Springs. This was Columbia Fall
second choice.
!. CANYON VIEW PROBLEM
= No action was taken at the meet
: ing on the Whitefish school boar
Il letters to school district 19 and 8
[, These read in part: "The trus
e, tees feel that the taxpayers of dis
S; trict A (Whitefish) are carryin
i, the tax burden of the education {
d district 10 (Half Moon to White
e. fish).
"The Whitefish school provid,
all physical facilities, textbool
and supplies the teachers"
n 1t was unanimously agreed (
district A board that district
(and 37) must pay minimum tn
ton ($100 per student as provi<
l. ed by Montana law and distri
l. 19 must pay its own transport;
1e ton.
is It was pointed out that distri
h. A tax levy for grade school pu
&c poses was 32.5 mills, district ]
n. 25.3 mills and district 81, "a
j. mills with rural families payi1
lr less school tax to enjoy the san
le, educational advantages.
District 6 charges Canyon Vie
4 (No. 19) $45 tuition for each ST
1g dent. No interest was displayed
a. the local board in having Cany'
m View students leave Whitefi
r schools to come here. The ma
gh ter, however, was not discussed.
A delegation OF Is from Ma
tin City met with the district
board relative to their petition th
= would seek an election on a $5l
- 600 bond issue for four add
> school rooms at Martin City. S
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or Other business included the I
"a hiring of Supt. Dulane Fulton. S
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District 6 board members {
n Chairman Otto Fehlberg, Cora
e. Con Lundgren, West Glacier; He
,m man Byrd, Martin City; Bill Kna
7el ton and DR.. w. F. Bennett, c.
lrk umbia Falls. F. P. Fleming is Sch
w district clerk.
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