The Heart Butte School Board selected former Billings Superintendent Greg Upham to serve as interim school superintendent as the school works to balance its budget with a $2.5 million deficit.
The state, the Blackfeet Tribe, Pondera County, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s office and the Heart Butte School District are working together to find solutions to keep the school district open
There are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding whether the school will be able to keep its doors open even with these cuts, and what day-to-day operations will look.