On April 20, 2020, Lockwood School Superintendent Tobin Novasio announced that Lockwood would continue with distance learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. All school-related activities and events on campus will still be cancelled through the month of July. “We will continue to offer ‘curbside’ pickup of meals in front of the Intermediate School by the ‘crayons’,” Novasio stated in a letter that was published on Lockwood Schools Facebook page on Monday April 20, 2020.
On April 24, 2020, Shepherd School held a board meeting where they made the decision to continue with distance learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, stated Superintendent Drea O’Donnell.
“Graduation will tentatively take place as an outside event on May 31, 2020, at 11am,” O’Donnell explained.
O’Donnell also explained that summer camps and building use requests will not be permitted before June 15, 2020.
A schedule for picking up items and dropping off items can be found on the Shepherd School Facebook page and the Shepherd School website at www.shepherd.k12.mt.us.
Billings School District Two unanimously voted to continue with distance learning after a meeting that was held on April 27, 2020.
Superintendent Greg Upham held a broadcast through Facebook live on April 28, 2020, to go over the board meeting that was on April 27, 2020. Upham stated that the school district will continue to hand out meals as usual. The schedule can be found on the Billings Public Schools Facebook page. He explained that he has asked each individual school to put together a timeline for locker cleanout and returning technology. He stated that there will be a graduation ceremony, but nothing has been approved. Upham said, “We will do our best to honor our students and parents and fall within the guidelines.”
After a remote board meeting that was held on April 27, 2020, Custer Public School voted to continue with distance learning. Superintendent Dave Perkins stated that there will still be a graduation ceremony. At the board meeting a graduation ceremony proposal was presented with the idea of doing close family only with assigned seating on the football field and possibly having other cars pull up, but no one is allowed out of the vehicle. The students would be spread out as well. Another option on the table is finding a way to broadcast the ceremony and potentially having a news organization cover the graduation. After the ceremony they hope to have a parade for the students. A final approval is being sought at the next scheduled board meeting on May 13, 2020.
On April 24, 2020, Huntley Project held a board meeting where they voted to continue to do distance learning for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. There will be a follow up board meeting on May 4, 2020, at 5:30 pm to make plans for the close of the school year. A few of the items that will be addressed include the following: graduation ceremony plans, fundraising money for junior prom, summer school plan, spring activities and meal plan.
