This week, Superintendent Denise Juneau wrote a guest editorial on the importance of voting in Montana's school elections. You can read the opinion in the May 4, 2010 edition of the Billings Gazette:
The vote you cast is vitally important to your community’s future. In a recovering economy, it is especially important to focus on the next generation and make sure our students have the skills and knowledge to compete in the global economy.
You have an opportunity to ensure a quality education is provided to students and to bolster Montana’s economy by voting in school board elections and on local mill levies.
School boards are very powerful elected bodies. They deal with multimillion dollar budgets and make policy decisions that establish the vision for our schools. They make critical choices such as hiring the superintendent and administrators responsible for establishing the organizational and operational structure needed to create a positive learning environment. School boards decide everything from establishing bus schedules to determining the length of the school year. Your vote in local school board elections determines the future of all students in your community.
