The Whitehall Ledger - Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana

At the first school board meeting of the 2022-2023 school year, it was overwhelmingly obvious that students will be returning to a much-improved school fall.

“The custodial and maintenance teams deserve a ton of credit,” Superintendent Hannah Nieskens said. “At the beginning of the summer we weren’t sure if everything would get done before school started, but it is.”

Nieskens listed off a few of the many repairs and updates made over the summer, including:

• 91 windows replaced

• 27 rooms in the Elementary school refloored,

• new flooring in the music room

• Elementary s...