Message to my readers about my blog and my Facebook page "saveprescottschoolmissoula"

 Hello Readers to all who love Prescott School in Missoula!

When I began this blog many years ago I had no idea that Missoula County Public Schools would vilify, abandon, or give the private school, Missoula International School so much leeway to do so much damage to our school and to our public funds.

I did have to take a break from posting on this blog to turn more of my attention to family and other matteres. 

In 2023, after Missoula International School had left Prescott School for another school they remodeled on 3rd St.,  I again began to pay more attention to Prescott School. I saw the abnadonment and complete obsolescense of the building, both inside and out. 

Our family began, with the help of another volunteer, the 3 year clean up of the ouside landscape and the building itself.

I turned my outreach about Prescott School to a Facebook page, mosty due to the use of Iphone. It was easy to upload any pictures from iPhone to the Facebook page. The page on Facebook is "saveprescotschool". I posted some things prior to Missoula International School leaving Prescott School mostly about Covid issues which I simply shared from news sources.

The above  is my explanation of why there is a timeline gap on this Blogger page.

Thank you very much. We MUST SAVE PRESCOTT SCHOOL. We cannont let another private school determine the fate of our private school as they one did to Roosevelt School.

Thank you again!

Today marks a disastrous day for Prescott School and two other schools - The closure of Prescott by 5 of 7 MCPS Trustees!

 Today is March 25, 2024. Twenty years ago at 1:00a.m. in the morning 5 of 7 Trustees voted to CLOSE Prescott School! Rattlesnake Middle School located in the mid-Rattlesnake and Mt. Jumbo School located in East Missoula. All schools are located in the northeast area of Missoula, Montana. 

The children in this area were divided between the three schools in this way:

K-3rd at Mt. Jumbo School in East Missoula

4th-5th grades at Prescott School

and 

6-8 grades at Rattlesnake School 

One can see that closing these 3 schools had devasting consequences for the area's children, families, and the city. The closings effected the children educationally and socially - in other words harming their education for many reasons and forcing the children to take long bus rides.

NOTE: I forgot to post this to the blog on March 25, 2024! I believe that I was going to add some more content(which I could add many things but do not have the time at this point in time). 

So...I will post this on this date: June 21, 2025. This is still relevant of course! There has not been a sadder example of negligence of a popular and beloved school than what the district has allowed to happen to Prescott School!