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Bozeman interim superintendents continue fulfilling dual roles No decision made yet on a permanent superintendent and last updated 2021-01-24 12:31:46-05 BOZEMAN — For parents and students in the Bozeman School District, it is now a waiting game to see what the next step will be now that a severance agreement has been reached with Superintendent Bob Connors. There will be a school board meeting Monday, Jan. 25, but there will not be any discussion about the superintendent role. On Wednesd...

BOZEMAN, Mont.- Middle and high school students in Bozeman will be headed back to school with more days of in-person learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently the elementary schools are in five days of in-person instruction and will be joined by middle schools on Feb. 2, 2021, while the high schools will move to four days of in-person learning on Jan. 27. The motion passed by the board on Monday said the transition for high schools as well as middle schools will be revisited at the Jan. 25...

Two deputy superintendents with the Bozeman School District were formally elevated to interim co-superintendents, as Superintendent Bob Connors remains on administrative leave pending a performance review. The school board approved Marilyn King, deputy superintendent of instruction, and Casey Bertram, deputy superintendent of curriculum and technology, to serve as co-superintendents. The contract changes were included in a slate of personnel actions voted on in Monday’s board meeting. The ...

The Bozeman School District has a COVID-19 task force working to solidify the often hazy metrics the district has referred to since August. The decision to start the group emerged out of consensus meetings the district began with teachers, administrators and a few board trustees in late-November to find coronavirus-related solutions after a few months of rising tensions between the groups. Pat Strauss, the district’s human resources director, told the school board on Monday the task force ...

A longtime employee and leader within the Bozeman School District who has helped fill in during the recent absence of the superintendent will retire at the end of December. Steve Johnson, the district’s deputy superintendent of operations, will retire on Dec. 31 after almost 35 years with the school district. Johnson, along with fellow deputy superintendents Casey Bertram and Marilyn King, have taken on the role of superintendent while Superintendent Bob Connors has been on administrative ...