Indigenous students in Missoula experience a ceremonial buffalo blessing and harvest thanks to Blackfeet tribal elders and, of course, the life-giving “iinnii.”
Nearly five years into an effort to remove lead from Montana schools, the water at Missoula’s Jefferson School is now safe after a complete re-piping. Meadow Hill Middle School is next. But elsewhere in the state, improvements remain uneven.
A half dozen independent child care centers are now operating in the shuttered Cold Springs Elementary School. As the space transforms, new ways of doing the business of child care are emerging, too.
Around Missoula and across the state, childcare shortages are keeping tens of thousands of Montanans out of the workforce. Families, providers, policymakers and higher education are searching for a solution.
Is your ballot still sitting on the kitchen table? Not sure what the Missoula school levies are about? MCAT’s Joel Baird has you covered. All you gotta do is remember to drop off your ballot on Tuesday.
The Missoula County school board affirms that the Pride flags displayed in Sentinel High School classrooms are not ideological, as a grievance had argued, but symbols of inclusivity and acceptance.
Follett Higher Education Group, a campus retail giant, is close to signing a contract to run the University of Montana bookstore, a potentially lucrative deal for Follett and UM—especially if Griz merch keeps flying off the shelves.
