Letter to the editor: Learning spaces that match our kids’ potential
August 5, 2025
As a former principal of Jim Darcy School and a parent myself, I know how much it matters where our kids go to school. They deserve learning spaces that match their potential — safe, bright, and built for the future. That’s what we got when voters passed the 2017 bond that gave us new buildings
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Supporting our schools and students is a longterm investment
August 5, 2025
Our community is coming to understand the critical state of Kessler School, Helena High and Capital High. Many know that at nearly 100 years old, Kessler has deteriorating infrastructure, cramped hallways, tiny classrooms and accessibility and safety concerns. Helena High’s situation is even worse: a mostly wood building with a 1950s infrastructure. Cosmetic improvements over
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Act now to keep our children safe
August 5, 2025
Do we need to wait until disaster strikes before we act? Our schools were built in a very different time. Today the children have safe school drills. We cannot keep our children safe in some of the schools. For example, there is no way to monitor all the entrances at Helena High School. My husband
Read MoreSchool bond supporters rally outside Helena High School
August 4, 2025
HELENA — It’s just over a month until Helena voters will decide whether they’re willing to support raising their property taxes to fund major improvement to three local schools. On Monday morning, about 100 people gathered outside Helena High School, as Yes! for Helena Schools – the committee backing two proposed bond measures – held
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Appalling conditions at Helena High
August 4, 2025
I was a university supervisor for student teachers in the Chicago area for 10 years. Some of the schools I visited were in underserved neighborhoods. The appalling conditions I witnessed on a tour of Helena High recently are far worse than any I have seen at any of those underserved Chicago schools. The foundation is
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Vote yes for both school bonds
July 29, 2025
Helena has fallen behind other Montana communities that have passed school bonds in recent years to build beautiful, safe, state-of-the-art high schools. One example is the new Flathead High School, built by a bond that passed overwhelmingly and features modern learning spaces that educate students for the 21st century. Meanwhile, students at Helena High suffer
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