Click on the link below to read a Missoulian article published on July 12, 2011 and written by reporter Victoria Edwards.
Prescott School Missoula may have already posted this article - have to go back and check - however, decided to re-post it (again, if already posted).
There were so many reasons NOT to have voted for this lease, however, being the masters of Missoula International School that they are, MCPS Trustees voted in disloyal fashion TO ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO OCCUPY OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING for another FIVE YEARS!
MCPS renews private schools lease for building
Prescott School - serving public school children in the Rattlesnake Valley since 1893 - Bring back a treasured Rattlesnake tradition
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- Home Page
- Our Beloved Prescott School
- Missoula International School's Sweetheart Lease or "Is MIS Taking MCPS to the Cleaners?"
- Former MCPS Board Chairwoman Toni Rehbein's ties to Missoula International School
- MCPS demographic study by Dr. Larry Swanson and "Missoula's Changing Neighborhoods"
- Adios Missoula International School! - WE WANT OUR SCHOOL BACK!!
- Contact MCPS Trustees
- Jacobs Decision - complaint by Rosemary Harrison actually reveals Harrison's shenanigans in 2004 school closures
- missoulaschoolswatchdog website
- Missoula County Public Schools Infiltrated by Missoula International School Supporters
- Naomi Kimbell - From MCPS Trustee to MIS's Executive Director after votes for Prescott closure and MIS lease in 2004!!
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Picture of Missoula International School 1998 state document showing Toni Rehbein as President!!
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Linking the School Facility Study recommendations with Voting Record of Former MCPS Trustee Rosemary Harrison (who is NOW serving on this Committee!!)
Missoula County Public Schools, in my opinion, is making
some drastic mistakes in its facilities planning.
And no wonder. The people involved in the planning process
are none other than the people who got us into this mess in the first place.
One person, and I believe one of the major culprits in this
latest facility plan fiasco, is Rosemary Harrison. Harrison voted to close
several schools: Dickinson, Roosevelt, Prescott, Mt. Jumbo, and Rattlesnake
Middle School. Harrison went on to vote
to sell Roosevelt School in 2005. Harrison also went on to vote for the lease of
Prescott School to the competing private school Missoula International School
in 2004 only weeks after the closure.
Other culprits in this gigantically expensive decades-long facility
merry-go-round are:
Roosevelt Closure - (circa
1998) - Superintendent Vagner, MCPS administrators, in addition to Harrison are
Trustees Hemphill (Cummings), and others for which I am unsure at this time.
Roosevelt School Sale - (2005) – In addition to Harrison
other Trustees voting for this sale were Jenda Hemphill, Toni Rehbein, Scott Bixler,
and Joe Toth.
First North East School Closure Vote - (2004) - Superintendent
Clark, MCPS administrators, and in addition to Harrison were Trustees Jenda Hemphill,
Naomi Kimbell, and David Merrill.
Second North East School Closure Vote - (2004) – (This
second vote was due to a repeat of the first school closure decision process
due to violations in open meeting laws) - Superintendent Jim Clark, MCPS administrators,
and in addition to Harrison were Trustees Jenda Hemphill, Toni Rehbein
(formerly Toni Smartt), Scott Bixler, and Joe Toth.
Lease of Prescott School to Missoula International School –
2004 – Superintendent Clark, MCPS administrators, and in addition to Harrison
were Trustees Jenda Hemphill, Naomi Kimbell, Scott Bixler, and Joe Toth.
Two lease extension of Prescott School to Missoula
International School were approved by disloyal and malfeasance Trustees: one in
2009 and the other in 2011 under the leadership of Superintendent Alex Apostle
(was this why he was hired?)
Did Missoulians know that in this facility planning study has
NOT given the closed schools the value of an open school – that is all closed
schools were considered INACTIVE and all open schools are considered ACTIVE!!
Look at the connection that is being made in this post and
you will see how us Missoulians are being taken for a ride – a very expensive
ride. Many of the schools which were closed, sold, and/or leased to the
competition by Rosemary Harrison are the schools which are now considered
INACTIVE and most likely the reason why Harrison was selected to be in this
planning study. HARRISON (AND OTHER DISLOYAL PEOPLE) WANT TO COMPLETE WHAT SHE
STARTED – the non-use or disposal of the schools for which she closed:
Dickinson, Roosevelt (check - she accomplished the disposal of this property),
Prescott, Mt. Jumbo, and Rattlesnake Middle School (check -she accomplished the
disappearance of this school).
If Rosemary Harrison, other MCPS Facility Study people, and
the MCPS officials complete the plan
that is outlined in this article, we Missoulians (students, families, taxpayers,
neighborhoods) ARE THE LOSERS – BIG TIME!!
This latest study is
a fraud (just like others before it) because of who is involved and the
complete and utter lack of due diligence in school size, school configuration,
i.e. K-8 vs. middle schools, costs of busing, costs of remodeling vs. building
a new school, etc.).
Please Missoulians, stick up for Prescott School and other
INACTIVE schools, such as Whittier, Dickinson, Mt. Jumbo, and Jefferson – THESE
SCHOOLS NEED A VOICE! It is the NEIGHBORHOOD SMALL SCHOOL THAT IS KING IN
PROVIDING A GOOD EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS. Contact MCPS school officials at:
Missoula County Public Schools, 214 S. Sixth West, Missoula, MT 59801.
I think that all of the above is correct – my apologies if
not.
Missoula County Public Schools Up to NO GOOD - AGAIN!!
In today's Missoulian, published on May 20th, 2014, an article about the facilities recommendations are outlined. One recommendation concerning Prescott is the continuation of the lease to Missoula International School.
On this blog, psm has outlined how this this lease is detrimental to the district, in particular to the Rattlesnake Valley students.
How can this study completely dismiss the use of Prescott School in light of how crowded Rattlesnake and other schools have been and will continue to be in years to come? How can they actually recommend spending millions on enlarging Rattlesnake School without, again, discussing reopening Prescott?
It is because we have corruption at its highest taking place in our school district.
In the many posts on this blog one will read about just some of the culprits in this "BIGGEST SCANDAL IN MISSOULA involving one of the smallest schools in Missoula.
Just some of the outlaws, er, school officials:
Superintendent Jim Clark
Superintendent Alex Apostle
Trustee Jim Sadler (always voiced support for the lease)
Trustee Toni Rehbein{former MIS president and vice president and many times advocated for the lease - however, did not vote for the lease (however much she wished she could no doubt)}
Voted for the Prescott School/Missoula International School lease:
Trustee Rosemary Harrison
Trustee Jenda Hemphill
Trustee Naomi Kimbell
Trustee Scott Bixler
Trustee Joe Toth
Trustee Nancy Pickhardt
Trustee Joseph Knapp
Trustee Michael Smith
Trustee Shelly Wills
and others - (working on collecting Board minutes)
Trustee Tom Orr (always denigrated Prescott)
*Business Director Bruce Moyer
*Business Director Pat McHugh
*Maintenance and Operations Director Bruce Moyer
*Maintenance and Operations Director Scott Reed
*The above administrators have voiced support for the lease.
Prescott School Missoula believes the main outlaws, er, school officials are: Trustees Sadler, Harrison, and Rehbein. These Trustees are EXTRA DISLOYAL TO THE CHILDREN OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN psm's OPINION BY TEN PLUS YEARS OF OBSERVATION.
However, all of the above are culprits in this *unconstitutional issue.
*Assisting private schools is against the Montana constitution.
On this blog, psm has outlined how this this lease is detrimental to the district, in particular to the Rattlesnake Valley students.
How can this study completely dismiss the use of Prescott School in light of how crowded Rattlesnake and other schools have been and will continue to be in years to come? How can they actually recommend spending millions on enlarging Rattlesnake School without, again, discussing reopening Prescott?
It is because we have corruption at its highest taking place in our school district.
In the many posts on this blog one will read about just some of the culprits in this "BIGGEST SCANDAL IN MISSOULA involving one of the smallest schools in Missoula.
Just some of the outlaws, er, school officials:
Superintendent Jim Clark
Superintendent Alex Apostle
Trustee Jim Sadler (always voiced support for the lease)
Trustee Toni Rehbein{former MIS president and vice president and many times advocated for the lease - however, did not vote for the lease (however much she wished she could no doubt)}
Voted for the Prescott School/Missoula International School lease:
Trustee Rosemary Harrison
Trustee Jenda Hemphill
Trustee Naomi Kimbell
Trustee Scott Bixler
Trustee Joe Toth
Trustee Nancy Pickhardt
Trustee Joseph Knapp
Trustee Michael Smith
Trustee Shelly Wills
and others - (working on collecting Board minutes)
Trustee Tom Orr (always denigrated Prescott)
*Business Director Bruce Moyer
*Business Director Pat McHugh
*Maintenance and Operations Director Bruce Moyer
*Maintenance and Operations Director Scott Reed
*The above administrators have voiced support for the lease.
Prescott School Missoula believes the main outlaws, er, school officials are: Trustees Sadler, Harrison, and Rehbein. These Trustees are EXTRA DISLOYAL TO THE CHILDREN OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN psm's OPINION BY TEN PLUS YEARS OF OBSERVATION.
However, all of the above are culprits in this *unconstitutional issue.
*Assisting private schools is against the Montana constitution.
Monday, May 12, 2014
9 candidates file for seats on MCPS board Missoulian article dated
Even though it is late to contact the candidates whom are running for the MCPS School Board, there is still time to ask what each of the candidates thinks on the lease of Prescott School to the private school, Missoula International School.
Click on the link below to read about the MCPS School board candidates. psm is not sure of the emails of the candidates, however, we need to find out where these candidates stand on the importance of neighborhood schools, including Prescott School.
9 candidates file for seats on MCPS board
Click on the link below to read about the MCPS School board candidates. psm is not sure of the emails of the candidates, however, we need to find out where these candidates stand on the importance of neighborhood schools, including Prescott School.
9 candidates file for seats on MCPS board
School's Out? A February 18th, 1999 Missoula Independent article on the closing of Roosevelt and Emma Dickinson Schools
Click on the link below to read a pretty long - but GREAT article on the closing of two other Missoula schools, Roosevelt and Emma Dickinson.
School's Out?
psm has had people relay that the process of closing these schools was horrendous and a very stressful experience.
All school closures are stressful and for what? So there can be a program or two or some administrators get a higher salary.
The pitting of programs and school buildings is not a valid comparison; it is not an apples to apples comparison. It is an apples to oranges comparison and need not occur!
There is a couple of paragraphs in this article where one can read that a Missoula council person weighed in the issue.
A school board member stated that the council person was infringing in school board business. Not so, according to the council person - a school closure effects the entire city in many different areas (this is paraphrasing - perhaps psm will get a chance to provide quotes from the article soon).
What the council person said was so true!! There are so many negative ramifications to closing a school and the true cost is never made available. When Prescott, Mt. Jumbo, and Rattlesnake Middle Schools were in the process of being closed a citizen requested that the city government get involved, however, psm believes that no one from the city weighed in the issue, unfortunately.
psm recommends this article by the Missoula Independent.
School's Out?
psm has had people relay that the process of closing these schools was horrendous and a very stressful experience.
All school closures are stressful and for what? So there can be a program or two or some administrators get a higher salary.
The pitting of programs and school buildings is not a valid comparison; it is not an apples to apples comparison. It is an apples to oranges comparison and need not occur!
There is a couple of paragraphs in this article where one can read that a Missoula council person weighed in the issue.
A school board member stated that the council person was infringing in school board business. Not so, according to the council person - a school closure effects the entire city in many different areas (this is paraphrasing - perhaps psm will get a chance to provide quotes from the article soon).
What the council person said was so true!! There are so many negative ramifications to closing a school and the true cost is never made available. When Prescott, Mt. Jumbo, and Rattlesnake Middle Schools were in the process of being closed a citizen requested that the city government get involved, however, psm believes that no one from the city weighed in the issue, unfortunately.
psm recommends this article by the Missoula Independent.
MCPS elementary levy passes; Kendall, Newbold elected trustees
Click on the link below to read about the newly elected Trustees to the MCPS Board.
MCPS elementary levy passes; Kendall, Newbold elected trustees
MCPS elementary levy passes; Kendall, Newbold elected trustees
Playground constructed by MIssoula International School was approved at a 2010 F&O Meeting by THREE elementary MCPS Board members -TWO of them MIS PARENTS at one time!!!
Prescott School Missoula came across some documents regarding the playground changes to Prescott School proposed by Missoula International School in 2010 and decided to go ahead and share them today.
The newer playground equipment on the Prescott School playground by the berm were constructed by Missoula International School was approved by the MCPS Board process. (Later came the more prominent playground additions).
Two Trustees were Missoula International School parents at one time and another Trustee voted to close Prescott and lease it to Missoula International School!
Which three Missoula County Public Schools Trustees were at the Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Finance and Operations Committee Meeting and supported this projected change by a private school lessee to the the playground of a public school - Prescott?
From the minutes of the meeting we see that the only elementary MCPS Trustees present at this meeting were Trustees Rehbein, Duerk, and Bixler.
Trustee Toni Rehbein, as one can read from the many posts on the Prescott School Missoula website, is a parent of a daughter who once attended MIS and, importantly, Toni was an officer of MIS for three years serving as the president and vice president (according to state records).
Trustee Adam Duerk is the parent of twins who once attended Missoula International School.
Trustee Scott Bixler, has for many years supported the lease of Prescott School to Missoula International School. Bixler voted to close Prescott School as well as Rattlesnake Middle School and Mt. Jumbo School in East Missoula in 2004. Subsequently, Bixler voted for the lease of Prescott School to Missoula International School in 2004.
Bixler always voted for lease extensions of Prescott School to MIS - once in 2009 and another in 2011.
A sentence in the minutes under the heading of "Direction" reads:
"The Committee supports the Administration's recommendation that Trustees approve the request by Missoula International Schools for the posted improvements to the Prescott playground at the September 14th Board meeting on the consent agenda."
At the September 14th, 2010 MCPS Board Meeting the quite radical changes to the Prescott School playground were approved on the consent agenda (which is a number of items compiled in one vote) - in other words - with NO discussion by the Board. Additionally, any MCPS Trustee who voted for the consent agenda is also responsible for the approval of the playground changes. This would have included TONI REHBEIN (if she was present - psm can't remember as of this posting, however, who was mostly likely present at this meeting - psm will check the Board minutes at a later date), who regularly abstains from Prescott School/MIS lease votes (however, supports the lease in Board discussions).
Therefore - as readers can see - the playground changes and additions on one of our public school playgrounds were approved at the Finance and Operations Committee Meeting by TWO FORMER MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PARENTS (!!!) along with a Trustee who voted for the closure of Prescott and the lease of Prescott to Missoula International School. And all Trustees, psm believes, voted for the Consent Agenda, therefore, the MIS playground changes.
The corruption never ends!
Note: psm plans to post pictures of the playground at a later date.
The newer playground equipment on the Prescott School playground by the berm were constructed by Missoula International School was approved by the MCPS Board process. (Later came the more prominent playground additions).
Two Trustees were Missoula International School parents at one time and another Trustee voted to close Prescott and lease it to Missoula International School!
Which three Missoula County Public Schools Trustees were at the Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Finance and Operations Committee Meeting and supported this projected change by a private school lessee to the the playground of a public school - Prescott?
From the minutes of the meeting we see that the only elementary MCPS Trustees present at this meeting were Trustees Rehbein, Duerk, and Bixler.
Trustee Toni Rehbein, as one can read from the many posts on the Prescott School Missoula website, is a parent of a daughter who once attended MIS and, importantly, Toni was an officer of MIS for three years serving as the president and vice president (according to state records).
Trustee Adam Duerk is the parent of twins who once attended Missoula International School.
Trustee Scott Bixler, has for many years supported the lease of Prescott School to Missoula International School. Bixler voted to close Prescott School as well as Rattlesnake Middle School and Mt. Jumbo School in East Missoula in 2004. Subsequently, Bixler voted for the lease of Prescott School to Missoula International School in 2004.
Bixler always voted for lease extensions of Prescott School to MIS - once in 2009 and another in 2011.
A sentence in the minutes under the heading of "Direction" reads:
"The Committee supports the Administration's recommendation that Trustees approve the request by Missoula International Schools for the posted improvements to the Prescott playground at the September 14th Board meeting on the consent agenda."
At the September 14th, 2010 MCPS Board Meeting the quite radical changes to the Prescott School playground were approved on the consent agenda (which is a number of items compiled in one vote) - in other words - with NO discussion by the Board. Additionally, any MCPS Trustee who voted for the consent agenda is also responsible for the approval of the playground changes. This would have included TONI REHBEIN (if she was present - psm can't remember as of this posting, however, who was mostly likely present at this meeting - psm will check the Board minutes at a later date), who regularly abstains from Prescott School/MIS lease votes (however, supports the lease in Board discussions).
Therefore - as readers can see - the playground changes and additions on one of our public school playgrounds were approved at the Finance and Operations Committee Meeting by TWO FORMER MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PARENTS (!!!) along with a Trustee who voted for the closure of Prescott and the lease of Prescott to Missoula International School. And all Trustees, psm believes, voted for the Consent Agenda, therefore, the MIS playground changes.
The corruption never ends!
Note: psm plans to post pictures of the playground at a later date.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent, Business Manager, and Trustees DISLOYAL TO PRESCOTT SCHOOL!!
Sunday, May 4, 2014
2014 MCPS School Board Trustee Elections
There are three seats up for election on the Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees on May 6, 2014. Two seats are K-12 and represent both the Elementary and High School Districts and one seat represents the Swan Valley, Seeley Lake, Potomac, Sunset and Clinton areas on the High School Board (and votes only on high school issues). The following individuals have filed to run for the open seats in the May 6 election.
School Board - Trustee Elections
Elementary K-12
School Board - Trustee Elections
High School District (Swan Valley, Seeley Lake, Potomac, Sunset, Clinton)
§ Debbie Dupree, P.O. Box 88, Seeley Lake, MT 59868
§ Frank Gruden, 15510 Kendall Creek Road, Clinton, MT 59825
§ Roy Handley, 19770 Schwartz Creek Road, Clinton, MT 59825
Elementary K-12
§ John Fletcher, 655 Evans Ave., Missoula, MT 59801
§ Rob Gibbons, 437 Connell Ave., Missoula, MT 59801
§ Heidi Kendall, 4021 Heritage Way, MT 59802
§ Jennifer Newbold, 3228 Cummins Way, Missoula, MT 59802
§ Molly Stockdale, 2519 Blackthorn Drive, Missoula, MT 59803
§ Scott Todd, 119 Mount Ave., Missoula, NT 59801
§ Jack Wade, 1805 Traynor Dr., Missoula, MT 59802
§ Shelly Wills, 3032 Queen Street, Missoula, MT 59801
Prescott School Missoula does not know most of the candidates that have filed to run for a seat on the MCPS Board of Trustees. psm has lost faith in the school board election process for many reasons. Here are a few:
-There is only slightly more than a month to get to know the names of the candidates and to familiarize oneself for which position they are running... i.e. a one year term, a three year term, elementary/high school or just high school, etc.
-There is no contact information in the Missoulian newspaper and just an address on the MCPS district website.
-There is not enough time to to contact the candidates to see where they stand on the issues and to state your concerns.
-Very few people vote in the school board elections, therefore, it is easier to get a candidate elected which may be unpopular. For instance, if the teachers union endorses a candidate this person has an advantage, whether or not he/she is liked by the majority of the public. School Board elections need to take place in November along with other issues and positions.
Prescott School Missoula, therefore, cannot endorse any of the candidates.
However, psm would FOR SURE NOT like the two candidates below on the Board as they have NOT been Prescott friendly in their past terms-
Shelly Wills - not a loyal MCPS trustee - voted for the last lease
Scott Todd - an administrative plant
NOT SURE ON THE FOLLOWING TWO CANDIDATES:
Jennifer Newbold - a Toni Rehbein plant - just learned this from a Missoulian blogger - husband works for ALPS (Toni Rehbein's husband works (worked?) for ALPS - (needs to be verified)
And it seemed that candidate Heidi Kendall did not listen to her constituents as closely as she needed on the infill issue when she served on the City Council. Infill may be good for some areas of the city, however, some citizens have had bad experiences with this planning tool.
Kendall's face book page shows that Tom Orr (ugh!) is endorsing her. Orr is a Prescott School foe as he denigrated Prescott many times while on the MCPS Board when he served a few years ago. Does this shed any negative light on the way Kendall would serve on the MCPS Board? Would she listen to her constituents? Hard to tell at this point in time.
Kendall's face book page shows that Tom Orr (ugh!) is endorsing her. Orr is a Prescott School foe as he denigrated Prescott many times while on the MCPS Board when he served a few years ago. Does this shed any negative light on the way Kendall would serve on the MCPS Board? Would she listen to her constituents? Hard to tell at this point in time.
Another reason to question if Kendall would support neighborhood schools, i.e. Prescott School (keep in mind that psm has not visited with Kendall on the Prescott School/MIS lease) is that in 2005 Kendall and other representatives from three private schools spoke in favor of a combined middle school in Prescott. This fact does not go in Kendall's favor as far as Prescott School is concerned (or any public school for that matter).
Voting information from www.mcps.mt.org (The Missoula County Public Schools website)
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edited 5-12-14
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Missoulian article dated April 14, 2014 - MCPS candidate Q&A: Newbold urges personalized learning, critical thinking skills
Click on the link below on a Missoulian article reporting on MCPS board candidate Jennifer Newbold.
MCPS candidate Q&A: Newbold urges personalized learning, critical thinking skills
A blogger, "MobyDick" on the Missoulian blog stated that a blogger who shares psm's views, "Fighting4Missoula", is overstating the dangers of leasing Prescott School to Missoula International School and is stating that any such concerns are a "conspiracy".
How would Prescott School Missoula respond to this blogger, "MobyDick"?
The dangers of leasing a private school are many. A blog dedicated to Prescott School posts some of these dangers - the blog you are reading - Prescott School Missoula.
The only thing anyone needs to point out and that can be summarized in about one or two sentences - LOOK WHO NOW OWNS ROOSEVELT SCHOOL!!! AND THEN LOOK WHO IS ON THE BOARD AND ON THE PROPERTY STUDY COMMITTEE!!
Enough said.
MCPS candidate Q&A: Newbold urges personalized learning, critical thinking skills
A blogger, "MobyDick" on the Missoulian blog stated that a blogger who shares psm's views, "Fighting4Missoula", is overstating the dangers of leasing Prescott School to Missoula International School and is stating that any such concerns are a "conspiracy".
How would Prescott School Missoula respond to this blogger, "MobyDick"?
The dangers of leasing a private school are many. A blog dedicated to Prescott School posts some of these dangers - the blog you are reading - Prescott School Missoula.
The only thing anyone needs to point out and that can be summarized in about one or two sentences - LOOK WHO NOW OWNS ROOSEVELT SCHOOL!!! AND THEN LOOK WHO IS ON THE BOARD AND ON THE PROPERTY STUDY COMMITTEE!!
Enough said.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Prescott School News 2014 edition
Below is a copy of the latest "Prescott School News". Citizens are welcome and indeed encouraged to make copies and "spread the word" about what is going on with our wonderful Prescott School!
Prescott School News – 2014
Contact
the school district at: Missoula County Public Schools, 215 S. Sixth West,
Misoula,MT 59801.Request that your letter be placed in an MCPS Board packet.
For more information call Jeanne at 721-9027 and/or go to www.prescottschoolmissoula.blogspot.com. Thank
you!!
Prescott School – Serving the Rattlesnake Valley since 1893 – We want our neighborhood school back!!
Prescott School was built in the late 1893. The
current Prescott School building was built in 1950-51 along with Jefferson and
Washington Schools using a H.E. Kirkemo design. Tragically, in 2004, 4 of 7 MCPS Trustees voted to close Prescott along with Mt. Jumbo
and Rattlesnake Middle Schools. Only two
months later Prescott was leased
for 5 years to Missoula International School! This procedure was fraught with corruption. MCPS Trustee Naomi Kimbell
voted for the closures (twice) and the lease.
She was hired only weeks later as Missoula International School’s executive
director! Another trustee,
former Board Chair of MCPS - Toni Rehbein served as
President and Vice President of Missoula
International School and was elected shortly after to serve on the MCPS
School Board. In Rehbein’s first
MCPS meeting (May 2004) she voiced support for the MIS/Prescott lease and
has supported Missoula International School since then!
In 2004, trustees were warned that loses due to the lease
could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars (Missoulian
June 8, 2004).
In 2011, a math
expert estimated that the district had lost $500,000 just in one year due to MIS enrollment increases (from 33 to 121 - and now at 161+!)and state funding formulas! Over the years this lease has cost
taxpayers millions of dollars! DISLOYAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT OFFICIALS IGNORED THE WARNINGS AND APPROVED a 3 year lease
extension in 2009 and another 5 YEAR extension in 2011 BRINGING THE LEASE
EXPIRATION TO 2017!! Update from 2012 Prescott School
News – Unbelievably, instead of
discussions to reopen Prescott, in the summer of 2012 a modular was built at Rattlesnake School at a cost of
$250,000! MCPS ignored its own demographic report which predicted increases in
enrollment! (Missoulian article 9-13-12). In the fall of 2013, the Missoulian reported that MCPS is sending elementary
Rattlesnake students to Paxson – irresponsible when Prescott is so
close! PRESCOTT SCHOOL WAS BUILT AND MAINTAINED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS! There are a myriad of
possibilities for Prescott – bring our 6th,
7th, and 8th graders back to the Valley, return Prescott to its
K-8 configuration,
etc! We lost Lincoln School; let us also not lose
Prescott School!! Please write to the school district in
support of reopening Prescott and against further leases or sale of Prescott School to Missoula International School (MIS). Request that
Prescott be an ACTIVE member of the Property Studies Group and be
included in any future MCPS plans Please write to the school district and let officials know
your position of keeping Prescott School for public school students.
Prescott School is part of Missoula’s heritage!
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