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School Board Approves '24-25 School Calendar

At the March 5th Whitehall School Board meeting, Superintendent Hannah Nieskens announced the 2024-2025 school year calendar, which may surprise some due to how the Madison County Fair and holidays fall this year.

School will begin on August 20th, with Christmas/New Year's break starting December 23rd and classes resuming on January 6th, 2025. Graduation will be on June 8, 2025, with the last day of school for all others being June 12, 2025.

OTHER NEWS:

• Athletic Director Kurtis Koenig detailed several sports co-op concerns over the Harrison contract, as Harrison has expressed a desire to leave the co-op for some sports but not all.

• The Trojan activity bus, which was purchased via a permissive grant for transportation needs, was delivered. The bus is 45' and seats 57.

• The Pre-K daycare building is awaiting final inspection by the state before opening.

• The grade 5-8 music field trip to Silverwood, which will occur on May 18, 2024, was approved.

• The district now has the capability to run fingerprints onsite for any prospective employees or volunteers. Nieskens said this is a "game-changer," as fingerprints previously needed to be done either in Butte or Boulder and took up to a month to receive information. The new system works in real-time.

• Principals Koenig and Slater noted that state testing results came in (more details in next week's edition).

• Nieskens detailed the athletic expenditures/revenues for the winter season (more details in next week's edition).

 

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