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BILLINGS - The School District 2 elementary school budget is expected to be short $3.2 million for the 2021-22 school year.  Superintendent Greg Upham says before two new middle schools joined the district there was a budget surplus of $3 million. After building the two schools and adding additional full time employees, however, the surplus was pretty much wiped out. Upham says, as his office worked to balance the budget last year, he authorized budget cuts of $4 million. Thirty-three full time elementary school employees were cut, including 11 interventionists: full time teachers in th...

Teachers with the Billings Education Association are already thinking about next school year.  "At this point, most teachers want to go back to in-person instruction. We as teachers are hoping that we have a little bit of voice when it comes to going back to the classroom, teaching remote and what our schedule is going to look like," President of Billings Education Association Doug Robison said. Robison says a big challenge for teaching students online was the lack of time to plan for it. Some teachers didn't get training for it, or didn't know how many students would be in their ...

Billings administrators estimating $3.1 million elementary school budget deficit in 2021-22 Billings elementary schools wrestling with budget By: Mitch Lagge and last updated 2021-03-16 12:45:49-04 BILLINGS — The Billings elementary school budget is in trouble, with a $3.2 million deficit expected in the 2021-22 school year, Billings School District 2 Superintendent Greg Upham told trustees at a Monday board meeting. “Is it anyone’s fault? It really isn’t. I think there were some decisions made years and years ago that set all of this into motion and I just...

March marks one year in a global pandemic; Yellowstone County leaders reflect and last updated 2021-03-11 19:46:35-05 BILLINGS – Yellowstone County hit another milestone this week as another person died from the COVID-19 virus, bringing the county’s total to 241. Each day since the pandemic began, those with RiverStone Health have sent out a media release for every individual who lost their battle with the virus. It's just one way Health Officer John Felton said they’ve tried to commemorate the milestones of the pandemic. And it's just another way that many of our community lea...

BILLINGS - We reached out to School District Two Superintendent Greg Upham to see when educators in Yellowstone County would be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.