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.