Blaine County Superintendent of Schools
The position of the County Superintendent of Schools is elected by the public for a four-year term. As required by Montana State Law, the County Superintendent must hold a current Montana Teaching Certificate with at least three years of teaching experience. Blaine County supports 8 independent school districts, of those three consist of high school districts- Chinook, Harlem and Turner, one K-12 district- Hays Lodge Pole, four elementary districts- Bear Paw, Cleveland, North Harlem Colony and Zurich, three private schools- St. Paul’s Mission, Turner Colony and the White Clay Immersion School. There are also a large number of families home schooling their children within the county.
General supervision of public schools in the county is carried out by the County Superintendent. This supervision includes financial concerns, transportation, tuition, setting county mills for school transportation and retirement, as well as, centralized clerical and administrative functions prescribed by law. The County Superintendent assists trustees of school districts that do not employ a district superintendent or principal with: assisting and directing teachers on general duties over the four rural schools in Blaine County; assisting the trustees with budgeting and finance; recruitment; placement, evaluation and supervision of teachers; curriculum development; teacher in-service training and other school matters. Rural Blaine County schools are: Bear Paw, Cleveland, North Harlem Colony and Zurich Elementary Schools.
Home schools are also supervised by the County Superintendent.
Top 3 Things a County Superintendent cannot do.
- “Fire” or otherwise remove school trustees. MCA 20-3-310. Trustee removal
- Order bus drivers to provide door-to-door bus service.
- Hire or fire school teachers or other school personnel. Only a board of trustees may hire or fire teacher or other school personnel. MCA 20-3-324. Powers and duties of trustees
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General
Duties of County Superintendent (MCA 20-3-205) MCA Title 20: http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/20.htm LINK TO OPI: http://opi.mt.gov/
County Schools
Blaine County Public Schools
| Chinook Dist. #10:
Website: Superintendent: Darin Hannum; hannumd@chinookschools.org Clerk: Moses Deanon deanonm@chinookschools.org Phone: 406-357-2236 |
Harlem Dist. #12:
Website: http://www.harlem-hs.k12.mt.us Superintendent: Doreen Warren Clerk: Lori Owens; |
Turner Dist. #43:
Website: http://www.turner.k12.mt.us 190 First Street East PO Box 40 Turner, MT 59542 Phone: 406-379-2219 FAX 406-379-2398 Superintendent: Russ McKenna rmckenna@turner.k12.mt.us Clerk: Cindy Cowen |
| Chinook Jr./Sr. High School
528 Ohio Street PO Box 1059 Chinook, MT 59523 Phone: 406-357-2236 FAX 406-357-2238 |
Harlem Jr./Sr. High School
610 1st Ave. SE PO Box 339 Harlem, MT 59526-0339 Phone: 406-353-2287 FAX 406-353-2339 |
Hays/Lodge Pole #50:
179 School Road PO Box 110 Hays, MT 59527 Phone: 406-673-3120 FAX 406-673-3415 Superintendent: John Bach,Jr.: Clerk: Daralyn Shambo: |
| Meadowlark Elementary School
623 New York Street PO Box 1059 Chinook, MT 59523 Phone: 406-357-2033 FAX 406-357-3146 |
Harlem Elementary School
110 3rd Ave. SW PO Box 309 Harlem, MT 59526 Phone: 406-357-2258 FAX 406-353-2892 |
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| Hartland Colony School (under Chinook Elem. Dist.) 398-5313 | ||
| North Harlem #6:
North Harlem Colony Elementary 755 Hillcrest Road Harlem, MT 59526 Phone : 406-353-2800 Clerk: Eli Hofer: ehofer@mtintouch.net |
Cleveland #14: Cleveland Elementary
22820 Cleveland Road Chinook, MT 59523 Phone: 406-357-2018 Clerk: Trisha Gruszie: |
Zurich #17
Clerk: Deanna Gilmore; dgilmorezurich@gmail.com Zurich Elementary School 265 Park Road PO Box 847 Zurich, MT 59547 Phone: 406-357-4164 FAX 406-357-4299 |
| Bear Paw #67
29815 Clear Creek Road Chinook, MT 59523 Clerk: Trisha Gruszie: Phone: 406-395-4436 |
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St. Paul’s Mission PO Box 40 Hays, MT 59527 Phone: 406-673-3123 |
PRIVATE SCHOOLS: White Clay Immersion School Sean Chandler, Principal; PO Box 159 Harlem, MT 59526 Phone: 406-353-2607 ext. 299 |
Teacher Info
OPI link to job listings: http://opi.mt.gov/MTJob_Applications/index.html
OPI link to Educator Licensure: http://opi.mt.gov/Cert/index.html
Small Schools Alliance (SSA): http://www.mt-ssa.org/
Golden Triangle Cooperative Consortium: http://www.gtccmt.org
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD): http://opi.mt.gov/Programs/CSPD/index.html
CSPD Region II: http://www.havre.k12.mt.us/page/332
Montana Regional Education Service Area (RESA) Region II: www.mncesr.org
Montana Rural Education Association: www.mrea-mt.org
Montana Education Association: www.mea-mft.org
Montana Indian Education Association: http://www.mtiea.org/
Indian Education for All Resources: http://opi.mt.gov/Programs/IndianEd/Index.html
Content Standards and Information: http://opi.mt.gov/Curriculum/CSI/index.html
Home Schools
Montana Coalition of Home School Education (MTCHE): www.mtche.org
Home school packet: http://opi.mt.gov/PDF/Measurement/HomeSchoolPacket.pdf
FAQ for Montana Home Schools: http://opi.mt.gov/PDF/Measurement/FAQ-Home-Schools.pdf
MTCHE Guide to Home Schooling: www.mtche.org/TheMTGuide.pdf
Parent
Parent’s Rights Information: http://opi.mt.gov/pdf/SpecED/guides/ProcSafegrdsSpEdbooklet.pdf
Advocacy: http://www.pluk.org/
GED information: http://opi.mt.gov/Programs/CTAE/HiSET.html http://opi.mt.gov/pdf/HSE/14MayMT_HiSETGuidance.pdf http://hiset.ets.org/
Immunization Exemption Form: http://dphhs.mt.gov/Portals/85/publichealth/documents/Immunization/School/ReligiousExemptionForm2015.pdf
GEMS: http://gems.opi.mt.gov/Pages/Default.aspx
OPI Bullying Information: http://opi.mt.gov/Programs/TitlePrgms/SafeSchools/bully.html http://www.ed.gov/parents/countdown-success http://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/homework/homeworktips.pdf
2015 Facts about Montana education: http://opi.mt.gov/pdf/Measurement/EdFacts2015.pdf
Transportation
TR-4 Tips: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/PupilTransport/TR4Tips.pdf
FP-14: http://opi.mt.gov/PDF/SchoolFinance/forms/FP14.pdf
County Transportation Committee Membership: http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/20/10/20-10-131.htm
Duties of the County Transportation Committee: http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/20/10/20-10-132.htm
ARM rules regarding Transportation: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/arm/07chapter.pdf
Link to Transportation Maps- will be PDF’s
Elections
OPI Election information: http://opi.mt.gov/Finance-Grants/schoolfinance/Index.html#gpm1_6
Election calendar: http://opi.mt.gov/pdf/SchoolFinance/ElecHB/14ElectionCalendar.pdf
Election handbook: http://opi.mt.gov/pdf/SchoolFinance/ElecHB/14ElectionManual.pdf
Other
MCA link to chapter 20 – Education: http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/20.htm
Facts about Montana Education: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/Measurement/EdFacts2013_14.pdf
Spelling Bee: www.spellingbee.com
Statistics: District levies/budgets/TFS’s; OPI’s website: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pub/index.php?dir=School Finance/SchoolBudgets/
Summary of OPI Activities: http://opi.mt.gov/opi_Summary/index.php
Montana Board of Public Education: http://bpe.mt.gov/default.mcpx
Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM), Title 10, Education: http://opi.mt.gov/Resources/ARM.html
School Administrators of Montana (SAM) and affiliates: http://www.sammt.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=1
Montana High School Association: http://www.mhsa.org/
