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Montana produce sits on a table at the Reimagining School Lunch test kitchen on March 28th, 2021. The recipe testers use local ingredients like these to test recipes for potential school lunch meals.
Farmers and educators in the Bitterroot Valley are researching how to make a healthier and more local school lunch. The two-year research project in Hamilton wraps up this spring.
Laura Garber is standing in a large kitchen at Homestead Organics, a 14-acre farm she owns with her husband near Hamilton. There are three ovens, three prep tables and a dining table covered in a spread of local vegetables and eggs. The walls are lined with cookbooks and four people stir, chop and peel.
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Lewistown Educators Association Representative and high school teacher Luke Brandon promotes union membership and Lewistown as positives for teacher candidates.
Photo by Miriam Campan
The teacher shortages plague the nation, but the Lewistown Public School System has a proactive approach towards recruiting the best that the state and the nation have to offer. Due to retirement or resignation, 15 positions need to be filled. There will be competition to recruit the most qualified candidates, especially teachers with a Special Education endorsement.
The search for teachers for the 2021-2022 school year was generated when a retirement incentive was offered, according to Lewistown School Superintendent Thom Peck. Teachers within the district are offered the first opportunity to transfer to another grade, while experienced substitute teachers or paraprofessionals are also recruited, providing these educators with an opportunity to have their own classrooms and to
HELENA, Mont. - After two months of waiting and three calls discussing Montana s Feb. 5 proposal of using local assessments to replace the federally mandated statewide test, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs at the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) Ian Rosenblum sent a letter denying Montana s request.
According to a release, the state s plan for local testing included 30 days of public comment and was supported by Governor Greg Gianforte, the Montana American Indian Caucus, the Board of Public Education, Representative Matt Rosendale, Senator Steve Daines and the Montana Federation of Public Employees. In Montana, we work for our students and families, State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen said. Statewide mandated testing from the federal government misses the mark of putting our Montana students first. Montana is not alone in the pursuit of maximum flexibility and providing opportunities to assess at the local level. Our proposal was to use local assessments f