Glendive Public Schools believes in great communication. This page is dedicated to providing the information that is shared to our communities. This is done in a variety of ways, so we wanted to make a place that anyone can come to and get the information (just in case they miss it).

What we talked about:

• Start of School

  • Principals are back working hard to get ready for the start of school

• MSU Pod of Student Teachers

  • Were were picked to host the MSU Pod of Student Teachers

  • They are in town today and tomorrow visiting before they come for school

  • We welcome them to our community

• Bond and Levy

  • Should have received Ballot

  • Encourage everyone to vote

  • If you didn’t get one, contact the Clerk and Recorders office at the Courthouse

  • Can still register to vote and get a ballot - go to the courthouse

• Hiring

  • Had some movement recently

  • Accounts Payable/Payroll Specialist, Administrative Assistant to Superintendent, Custodians, Paraprofessionals, Cook Assistants, Bus Drivers/Aides

Go to the website (www.glendiveschools.org) to see the full list

What we talked about:

• Start of School

  • 24th first day back for Principals

  • 14th first day back for certified and classified staff

  • 16th first day back for Kinder, 3rd, 6th, and 9th graders

  • 17th - First day for everyone else

• Hiring

  • JES (Interim) Principal - Roxie Quick

  • Gettting close to getting all teacher positions

  • Still looking for Paraprofessionals, Custodians, and Bus Drivers

  • Substitute Training - August 8th

  • Calendar - Download from Website (www.glendiveschools.com) - Top Right Corner

• Bond and Levy

  • Ballots going out on the 20th (Tomorrow)

  • Voter Registration is closed to get a ballot in the mail, but you can still register and vote at the courthouse

  • August 8th Election - By 8 pm

What we talked about:

• Summer

  • Always very busy, but this one more so than others

  • Still looking for quite a bit of people (hirings)

• LES Plan

  • Decided on Monday to move forward with the purchase of modulars

  • Not ideal by any means but with our situation, it is the best plan with the least amount of risk

  • With anything, nothing goes 100% how you plan it, but we are working as hard as we can to minimize the disruption

  • For me, this needed to be a solution for Short Term (current students) and help us with Long Term (Future students)

  • Different Options - Stay at LES (3), Close down al (4), Close down part (1)

  • Still working on Financing - Using Voted levy and Permissive levy to finance it - trying to maximize what we have for the other buildings as well - looking at all options

• Bond and Levy

  • Mail Ballots

  • July 10th close of Voter Registration

  • July 20th Ballots Mailed

  • August 8th

What we talked about:

• Hiring and Hiring Process

  • New HS Principal - Amy Ree (Pending Board Approval)

  • JES Principal position open

  • DCHS Science

  • DCHS Industrial Arts

  • WMS Girls PE

  • WMS Science

  • WMS Math

  • JES 1st Grade

  • How the Bond and Levy not passing effects hiring

What we talked about:

• Busy time of year (End of School Year)

  • Awards 

  • Field Trips

  • Sports Activities

  • Graduation

• Filling positions

  • Many positions left to fill

• Bond and Levy

  • Board just voted to move forward again

  • August 8th elections (Mail Ballots)

  • Let people know what will happen if they don’t pass

• Going to continue this during the summer

What we talked about:

• End of the school year

• Facility issues

  • Boys bathroom at HS - Closed

  • Server went down

  • Facilities Meeting - tough decisions moving forward

  • Most projects are on hold

• Board Meeting: Monday, May 22, 2023 at 4:00 pm

What we talked about:

• Bond and levies

  • Canvas votes 1184 to 1181

  • Recount 

• Moving Forward

  • Preparing to look at General Fund to see on Cuts

  • Board will have to decided what to do next

  • We are going to be looking at a Facilities meeting or Special Board meeting soon

What we talked about:

• Bond and Levy updates

  • HS Bond and Levy Failed

  • Elem Levy Passed

  • We need to move forward together

What we talked about:

• Referendum Initiatives

  • Ballots are due on May 2nd 

  • For more information, go to www.glendiveschools.com

  • The board structured Bond and the Levies so that it took care of the issues we are seeing and saved the taxpayers money 

  • If they levies don’t pass, we won’t have money to pay for building related things and it will have to come out of the general fund

• Administrative Assistant’s Day

  • Some people call them secretaries, but they so much more

  • A big thank you for all they do for our district

  • They truly do not get thanked enough for all that they do

When: Tuesday, April 25th at 6:30 pm

Where: DCHS Auditorium

What to bring: Questions - any and all questions related to the Bond or Building Reserve Levies

What we talked about:

• Referendum Initiatives

  • Ballots going out this week - www.glendiveschools.com

  • Town Hall Meeting - members of the GUSB board

    • April 25th at 6:30 in the DCHS Auditorium

    • This will be an opportunity to hear directly from the board members and ask any questions you may have about the bond and building reserve levies.

• Math Curriculum Review Process

  • A huge thank you to all the people involved in this!

What we talked about:

• Referendum Initiatives

  • Ballots going out this week - www.glendiveschools.com

  • Town Hall Meeting - members of the GUSB board

    • April 25th at 6:30 in the DCHS Auditorium

    • This will be an opportunity to hear directly from the board members and ask any questions you may have about the bond and building reserve levies.

  • Taxable Value

What we talked about:

• Only about 30 days of school left

  • Last Wednesday in March

• Referendum Initiatives

  • Town Hall Meeting

  • HS Bond, HS Building Reserve, Elem Building Reserve

  • Website for information

• DCHS Art Show - March 30th (5-8)

What we talked about:

• What is coming up?

  • Today is the end of the 3rd Quarter

  • Spring Sports have already started

  • Kindergarten Screening on March 31st

What we talked about:

• Referendum Initiatives

  • HS Bond, HS Building Reserve, Elem Building Reserve

  • Aren’t running any General Fund Levies

  • Website for information

  • https://www.glendiveschools.com/o/gps/page/referendum-home

What we talked about:

• Buildings

  • HS Bond (8 million)

    • Cut the last one by 15.5 million

  • Building Reserve Levies (HS and Elem)

    • They are up at the end of this year

    • Increased from last time

  • General Fund Levies (possible HS and Elem)

    • We will know more this week if we have to run these

    • If we need to run these, it allows us to operate at around the same budget as we have been at for the last 6-7 years

  • Look out for more information

    • Website, social media, paper, radio, etc.

What we talked about:

• Cell phones in schools

  • Some states banning cell phones (16 years and younger)

  • They are a tool

  • Balance between banning them and letting them do what they want

  • Big debate everywhere

• Parent/Teacher Conferences

  • Tuesday, February 21 (2pm - 8pm)

What we talked about:

• Cell phones in schools

  • Some states banning cell phones (16 years and younger)

  • They are a tool

  • Balance between banning them and letting them do what they want

  • Big debate everywhere

• Parent/Teacher Conferences

  • Tuesday, February 21 (2pm - 8pm)

What we talked about:

• Technology Information for Parents

  • Programs that mask what the phone looks like

  • Research about the effects on the brain

  • So important to have Conversations with kids

What we talked about:

• Technology Information for Parents

  • Programs that mask what the phone looks like

  • Research about the effects on the brain

  • So important to have Conversations with kids

What we talked about:

• It is February 1st

  • Past the half way mark in the school year

  • Parent/Teacher Conferences coming up - End of Feb

• Technology Information for Parents

  • One-third of teenagers wake up at night and check their phones - some up to 10 times a night

  • Keep the phones out of their room

  • Kids are addicted to their phones - Rewire brains

  • Some kids have a second phone

What we talked about:

• Chatgpt and AI

  • A whole new world with technology

  • Where education is going

  • What AI is capable of doing

  • The world is changing so rapidly

What we talked about:

• MAST pilot - 5th and 7th - formative assessment vs summative assessments

  • MT piloting it to possibly change how state assessments are done

  • A big Thank you to all of our 5th and 7th grade

• Fastbridge - universal screener

  • Switched from NWEA MAP testing

  • Formative assessment

  • Use this to help make decisions for students

What we talked about:

• Facilities

  • Upping the levies

  • Possible HS bond

  • More work to be done before Elem bond

  • The board has been doing their due diligence

What we talked about:

• Facilities

  • Looking at what we have to do 

  • Building Reserve Levies are up this year

  • LES Roof, LES Fire Alarm (Christmas Day)

  • WMS Water pipe break - kitchen (Day after Christmas)

• Business Manager Retiring at end of December