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
The changes are coming months after the board voted to place Heart Butte School District Superintendent Mike Tatsey on administrative leave and conduct a forensic audit of the school’s finances.
The Heart Butte School District may not be able to continue operations in the fall, directly impacting 188 children in the small community, after the district discovered it may be
HEART BUTTE —Heart Butte School District Superintendent Mike Tatsey was placed on administrative leave as a procedural requirement following a school board vote to conduct a financial audit earlier this