School District 2

I have all these questions that I can't find the answers to on their Facebook page.

They'll get to see their kids walk across that stage and be handed their diplomas. Parents in Billings, Montana are celebrating the news that graduation ceremonies will now move forward at the Metra arena in Billings. This, as parents elsewhere across the state are wondering why they can't do the same for their 2020 high school seniors.

Evelyn Pyburn with The Big Sky Business Journal and I were chatting about this earlier in the week. It really sounds like a win-win. High school students here in Montana can get college credits while still in high school, and they save time and money down the road.

Billings School District 2 is asking voters for a mill levy increase to help fund new textbooks and other digital curriculum in the high schools, including career-focused programs. SD 2 Superintendent Greg Upham gave his pitch to the voters ahead of the May 7th mail-in ballot, and took questions from listeners on the radio.

Q2 reports that Billings School District 2 faculty and staff gathered at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark Tuesday morning to kick off the new school year. They gathered to hear the inaugural address of new SD2 Superintendent Greg Upham, who welcome them and introduce himself, along with the 22 new teachers reporting to the classroom this fall...

Q2 reports that Helena’s assistant superintendent Greg Upham has accepted the job as Billings School District 2 superintendent after New Jersey’s Dr. Ross Kasun declined the position for personal reasons on Wednesday. Greg Upham was approached and agreed on Thursday to take the job in Billings, according to SD2 Board of Trustees Chairwoman Greta Besch Moen...

The Gazette reports that Billings school trustees selected Ross Kasun, a superintendent from New Jersey, as the person to take Billings schools “to the next level.” Trustees voted 6-2 to hire Kasun, however, he still needs to negotiate a contract with the city administration and accept the job...

Q2 reports late-season winter weather is forcing some schools across south-central Montana to cancel or delay classes. Closures include; Lodge Grass schools, St. Charles mission school in Pryor, St. Labre Catholic Schools in Ashland, Pretty Eagle School in St...

School District 2 has released information on how officials plan to handle local participation in a nationwide student walkout planned to protest school gun violence next week. The walkout is scheduled for 10 a.m. on March 14, one month after 17 people were killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida...

The Billings Gazette reports School District 2 enrollment is expected to barely grow in the next decade, but elementary schools will see a slight decrease, according to updated enrollment projections. The companies that prepared both the update and original report for the Billings school district, Cropper GIS and Mckibben Demographics, first created enrollment projections for SD2 in 2012... Read M