MCPS long-range planning session weighs building improvements Missoulian article by Rob Chaney on February 5, 2013

Click on the link below to read an article published in the February 5th, 2014 edition of the Missoulian.




psm can't go into detail now, however, psm believes this study to be a SHAM!!!




To not discuss Prescott in regard to including it into the plans for the future of Rattlesnake Valley schools is corruption at its best.




Why are they not discussing Prescott in as deep a level as Rattlesnake and other schools?



Because, as Nick Salmon, the facilitator, told psm when asked, he said that Prescott School was not an "ACTIVE SCHOOL"!!!




Why are we not an active school?  Because we had our school closed by corrupt and disloyal  Trustees in 2004!! The same Trustees which threw Roosevelt down the river also threw

Prescott School down the river.




Both these schools have been victims as they are PERFECT FOR THE PRIVATE SCHOOL WHICH LEASED AND BOUGHT(in the case of Roosevelt School) THEM!!




That's all for now, however, psm has lots more to say about this SHAM of a meeting!!




Actually, one more thing - lots of MIS MOOCHERS AT THE MEETING!!!




They are writing suggestions on the Prescott Board which was provided by the study committee.




By the way - this meeting was attended by mostly district employees, study committee members, and as mentioned - the MIS MOOCHERS!! Hardly anyone at the meeting that one would consider the "public". And there were ZERO comments for many of the schools on the poster paper provided!!


WHY DON'T THEY JUST GO OUT AND BUILD THEIR OWN SCHOOL?!!!







MCPS long-range planning session weighs building improvements

A Poem by Michael Mugits dedicated to all closed schools everywhere!

Prescott School Missoula found this poem which psm will dedicate to all the closed schools everywhere.

Trustees who have voted for a school closure fail to understand the value of a public neighborhood school.

For this reason every closed school needs to be reevaluated and in psm's opinion reopened as the enrollment increase MCPS is experiencing calls for the reopening of Prescott School.

Prescott School - a jewel in the Rattlesnake Valley which needs to return for public school use!

Years ago as a boy

I recall with great joy

Everything I had learned

And the future I had yearned.

All of the hopes and dreams,

teachers, classmates and teams.

I looked at the building and lawn.

The playground was long gone.

So were the echoes of laughter,

The big sign above the front door

read Senior Center of Longshore.

I muttered in despair…

A School Was Once There.”

You can get copies by contacting the author, Michael Mugits, at mmugits@hotmail.com.

Input welcome on MCPS facilities planning Missoulian article published on November 4th, 2013

Click on the link below to read an article reporting on facility planning for Missoula County Public Schools.




Input welcome on MCPS facilities planning




The input by the private school will most likely take precedent over any comments by the public if the Roosevelt School sale issue attitude continues by MCPS Trustees and other officials.

Mother-daughter authors, mayor celebrate reading at Missoula International School Missoulian article published on February 8, 2014

Click on the link below to read a Missoulian article written by Dylan Chaffin reporting on a reading activity at Missoula International School. MIS is leasing Prescott School in the lower Rattlesnake. Prescott School is a public school, however, due to disloyal MCPS Trustees and superintendents Prescott is now housing private school children. Prescott School was built in 1893 for Missoula public school children and maintained since then (also a NEW school was built in 1950-51). To house private school children in Prescott School while our public school children are being bused out of the Rattlesnake Valley is against the Montana constitution's Trust Law. Montana's Trust Law states that the beneficiaries of a public institution are public school children!




Mother-daughter authors, mayor celebrate reading at Missoula International School

Age of MIssoula's Public Schools

Age of Missoula County Public Schools

Grade Schools - Elementary and Middle

*1909 Lowell School

*1910 Hawthorne School

*1916 Franklin School

*1922 Whittier School

*1930 Cold Springs School                                   

*1951 Prescott   (1^st school built in 1893) - now leased to a private school Missoula International School – see www.prescott                                schoolmissoula.blogspot.com                                     

 *1951 Washington Middle School

*1951 Jefferson School (now used for arts and music as well as for pre-school education)

*1955 Lewis and Clark School – now being converted to an International Baccalaureate Program school) see www.truthaboutib.com

*1955 Roosevelt School (Sold in 2005 to a private school St. Josephs School – a catholic school) – (Good Schools Missoula vs. Missoula County Public Schools lawsuit challenged the sale, however, the primary issue was not resolved, only the district protocol on where to take a complaint against the district)

*1960 Rattlesnake School

*1960 Emma Dickinson School –( now used for adult education)

*1961 Russell School

1966 C.S. Porter (believe it was a K-8 school)

1967 Meadow Hill – (always a middle school)

*1979 Mount Jumbo School – (now leased to Walla Walla College, a 7^th Day Adventist school for a Masters in Social Work program)

*1992 Paxson School (original building was imploded and was built in 1922 I believe)

1995 Chief Charlo School (always for K-5 students)

Believe 1912  Lincoln School – Sold in 1996 to Lincoln School Baptist Church and subsequently sold for a subdivision)

1935 Central School – sold to Missoula Community Theater

High Schools

1908 Hellgate High School (formerly Missoula County High School)

1922 Willard Alternative High School (formerly Willard Elementary  School)

1956 Sentinel High School

1956 Seeley Swan High School

1980 Big Sky High School

IMPORTANT NOTES

*5 elementary schools are older than Prescott and 2 schools are the same age, for a total of 7 schools out of 18. 

*Additionally, 5 other grade schools were built within 10 years after Prescott was built for a total of 12 out of 18 schools.  Only 6 schools have been built since 1961.  Therefore, the vast majority of our schools are about the same age or older than Prescott School.

Missoula International School goes buggy with Watershed Education Network - Conserve Montana

Click on the link below to read an article prescott school missoula came across while surfing the internet (not for MIS related links).



The article from Conserve Montana fails to mention that Missoula International School is leasing one of Missoula's favorite public schools at the expense of Missoula's public school children and Missoula taxpayers!



Missoula International School goes buggy with Watershed Education Network - Conserve Montana

"About this Place

The Missoula International School is a nonprofit, independent school in Missoula, MT, offering a unique educational opportunity for Missoula families. We provide an engaging international curriculum taught primarily in Spanish for students in preschool through eighth grade. MIS was founded in 1995 as a small, language immersion preschool. Today, MIS offers a Spanish language immersion environment to 174 students."


"At MIS, teachers provide a wealth of multi-cultural and professional experience for the educational development of each child. The educational program is developmentally appropriate and academically rigorous at each grade level. All of the programs offered by MIS --preschool, primary grades and middle school--share a common goal: to inspire principled global citizens and lifelong learners. They also share small class sizes, highly skilled teachers and an educational setting that promotes human connectedness."

 

"Why We Care

At the heart of Missoula International School is the collective vision of its teachers, staff, parents and students to contribute to a better world. Each member of our school community participates in the delivery of our curriculum in a unique way, and we invite and encourage family participation at MIS.

Diversity at MIS means moving beyond simple tolerance to support and celebrate the rich dimensions of each individual. MIS accepts and respects families, faculty, staff, and community members of all backgrounds and identities who seek connection through the shared goals of lifelong learning and principled global citizenship. MIS embraces broad perspectives and diverse knowledge to further its educational program and guide its students towards personal and global understanding and compassion."

 

"Take Action

Learn more about the Missoula International School at www.mismt.org

Support the work of the Watershed Education Network in Missoula and other western Montana communities by going to http://www.montanawatershed.org/

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