Summer lovin'... Two horses on the north-side of Deer Lodge, close to the entrance of the Montana State Prison, enjoy a balmy Saturday evening in the Powell County sunshine together. SSP photo by Anna Cooksey. Drummond link-up denied by PCHS"Oh God no. I cannot possibly see that happening," Superintendent at Powell County High School, Rick Duncan told the Silver State Post.
"No-one has ever said that would happen!" he said in an emphatic response to the issue raised in a prior edition of this newspaper regarding the possibility of the High School in Deer Lodge amalgamating with the one in neighboring Granite County in the small town of Drummond. "A County High School cannot just join with another one in a different county. There are some High Schools in the state of Montana with less than 30 kids. Powell County High School is a Class B School and we are the sixth largest (in this category) in Montana." The Superintendent would then highlight some of the successes realized at his school: "We are doing very well, academically. We have seven students in the top five percent in the nation in ACT scores and one of our teachers, Jessi Anderson is still in line for the teacher of the year award... More on this and the other issues grabbing this week headlines can be found in our print edition, out every Wednesday. |
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