School District receives MCLSDP grant

There was some amazing recent news for the Whitehall School District.

The Montana Office of Public Instruction announced the local district was a Montana Comprehensive Literacy State Development Project (MCLSDP) grant recipient.

According to Whitehall Superintendent Hannah Nieskens, 129 school districts in the state were eligible to apply for the competitive grant.

"Whitehall School District was eligible to apply because the district serves a high percentage of high needs students as identified by 50% or more student Free and Reduced Meal status. The MCLSDP grant will distribute $45 million ov...