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!
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