Click on the link below to read a lette to the editor regarding the upcoming school bond.
The writer has some good questions.
missoulschoolwatchdog: Vote against the bond - this is not in the best interests of our community!
Missoula County Public Schools: Proposals prompt many questions
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
MCPS approves ballot language for bonds Missoulian article from the September 23, 2015 edition
Click on the link below to read a Missoulian article on the school bonds.
MCPS approves ballot language for bonds
missoulaschoolwatchdog does not recommend voting for this bond (understatement)!
MCPS approves ballot language for bonds
missoulaschoolwatchdog does not recommend voting for this bond (understatement)!
Monday, September 21, 2015
Chairman of the Board of Regents makes the most money of any public official in Montana!
Even though the following is not about Missoula's schools, specifically, I thought I'd include it on my blog.
The above is a screenshot of the MSN posting for Montana taken on September 21, 2015.
This morning I was logged on to MSN and I clicked on a link to an article reporting on the highest paid public official for all 50 states. For most states it was a college football or basketball coach. I knew that it most likely was not a coach for Montana's highest paid public official.
The article had a picture display of each state's highest paid public official. As I was following to some degree the news regarding the salary of Clay Christian when he was appointed Commissioner of Higher Education I thought that this might be the guy with Montana's largest public employee salary. And it was!
His salary is $351,000. per year.
While the discussion of Christian's compensation was in the news many people spoke up on the blogs and weren't happy about this high salary. And now we see that it is the highest in the state! (Perhaps this was reported at the time, however, I did not read that it was the highest at the time.)
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| Clay Christian is the highest paid public employee in Montana |
The above is a screenshot of the MSN posting for Montana taken on September 21, 2015.
This morning I was logged on to MSN and I clicked on a link to an article reporting on the highest paid public official for all 50 states. For most states it was a college football or basketball coach. I knew that it most likely was not a coach for Montana's highest paid public official.
The article had a picture display of each state's highest paid public official. As I was following to some degree the news regarding the salary of Clay Christian when he was appointed Commissioner of Higher Education I thought that this might be the guy with Montana's largest public employee salary. And it was!
His salary is $351,000. per year.
While the discussion of Christian's compensation was in the news many people spoke up on the blogs and weren't happy about this high salary. And now we see that it is the highest in the state! (Perhaps this was reported at the time, however, I did not read that it was the highest at the time.)
Friday, September 11, 2015
Don Tomlinson: Thanks for honoring 'unsung hero' - a Missoula County High School graduate!
Click on the link below to read a letter by the Tomlinson Family regarding an article on Don and his bravery in WWII.
Don Tomlinson: Thanks for honoring 'unsung hero'
missoula school watchdog salutes Don Tomlinson, a Missoula County High School graduate for his service to our country.
Don Tomlinson: Thanks for honoring 'unsung hero'
missoula school watchdog salutes Don Tomlinson, a Missoula County High School graduate for his service to our country.
Missouilan September 8th, 2015, article on the Foster Grandparent Program
Click on the link below to read a Missoulian article on the Foster Grandparent Program.
50 years young: Foster Grandparent program looks back on decades of success
missoula school watchdog is of the opinion that the Foster Grandparent program is a wonderful program for our school children. A foster grandparent helped out with a son's reading many years ago. This was really appreciated by myself, my son, and the teacher. There are many true winners here!
50 years young: Foster Grandparent program looks back on decades of success
missoula school watchdog is of the opinion that the Foster Grandparent program is a wonderful program for our school children. A foster grandparent helped out with a son's reading many years ago. This was really appreciated by myself, my son, and the teacher. There are many true winners here!
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
UPDATED: MCPS considers 4 sites for new Cold Springs school - MIssoulian article from August 31, 2015
Click on the link below to read an article on new locations for Cold Springs School.
UPDATED: MCPS considers 4 sites for new Cold Springs school
UPDATED: MCPS considers 4 sites for new Cold Springs school
missoula school watchdog blog is calling foul on this ill-thought out idea by illogical school officials.
The idea that this school district will close Cold Springs and build a new school with the same name is absolutely criminal!
As a long-time observer of MCPS business and a victim of the 2004 school closures, it is my opinion that this corrupt idea of closing Cold Springs and building a new school in the Miller Creek area is the brainstorm of a long-time unpopular MCPS Trustee, Drake Lemm and other cronies such as Rosemary Harrison. At a September 2005(!) Finance and Operations Facility Meeting - with the ink barely dry on the Roosevelt School sale to St. Josephs School papers - Lemm brought up the closing of Cold Springs and the building of a new school close to his properties. (Note: Lemm built a subdivision in the Miller Creek area.)
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