Looking Back at 2019: Busy Year at Whitehall Schools

It was a busy year in 2019 for the Whitehall Schools.

In April, the school board voted 6-0 in favor of hiring current high school principal Hannah Nieskens as the new Superintendent. She took over for John Sullivan who resigned at the end of the summer. Nieskens had served as principal of the high school since the 2015-16 school year and has been named Montana High School Principal of the Year and was one of three finalists for the National High School Principal of the Year.

In May, the Whitehall School Board of Trustees voted May 8 to hire Melissa Robbins as the high school principal. She had...