Superintendent Ron Whitmoyer, who has dedicated his life and work to the students of East Helena Public Schools for the past 37 years, plans to retire in July. I once had a teacher tell me that when I was teaching the grandkids of my original students, it s time to get out, Whitmoyer said with a laugh.
East Helena Mayor Jamie Schell, left, and Ron Whitmoyer, East Helena superintendent of schools, talk in April 2017 before speaking to the crowd assembled for the Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, hosted by the school district and city. AL KNAUBER, Independent Record
Whitmoyer took his first job in the district teaching math and science in 1984. He was primarily a seventh grade biology teacher and taught a few math classes. After approximately eight years, Whitmoyer earned his degree in school administration and took on the principal role at Radley, when it was still a middle school.
Helena school board to discuss possible return to fully in-person classes
and last updated 2021-02-06 11:13:38-05
HELENA â Next week, Helena School District trustees will consider whether to start returning students to fully in-person classes.
On Friday, the district released the agenda for the school boardâs Tuesday evening meeting, which includes an action item on school phasing. According to the agenda, Superintendent Tyler Ream will discuss the districtâs modified reopening plan and protocols for a possible âphase-up.â
Since the start of the school year, Helena Public Schools has been in Phase 1 of the reopening plan â a âhybrid modelâ with students on campus two days a week and in online classes the other three. In Phase 2, all students would be on campus at the same time, but school operations would still be modified out of health concerns.
PPLT officially acquires land for 8-mile trail system connecting East Helena to Montana City
By: John Riley
and last updated 2020-12-31 20:36:43-05
HELENA â After 10 years of work, the East Helena Greenway Project is now a reality as 322 acres of former ASARCO land is now in the hands of Prickly Pear Land Trust (PPLT) for the creation of a trail system between East Helena and Montana City.
On December 30 the Montana Environmental Trust Group, LLC (METG) conveyed title to 242 acres along the reconstructed Prickly Pear Creek corridor south of Highway 12 and approximately 80 acres along Prickly Pear Creek near Kennedy Park in East Helena to PPLT.