Dutton/Brady Track Roundup

Dutton/Brady Track Roundup

By Carissa Storle
Dutton Country Courier

The Diamondback Track team was busy in April. Keep reading for results from three meets in April in Big Fork, Rocky Boy and Stanford.

Spring Brings Track Meets, Field Trips, Music Festivals and Prom

Spring Brings Track Meets, Field Trips, Music Festivals and Prom

By Courtney Lowery
Dutton Country Courier

Spring is upon us and that means a chock-full schedule for the Dutton/Brady School. In the next two weeks alone, there are seven track meets, a school board meeting on April 22, district and state music festivals, field trips, community cleanup day, the senior class trip and top it off, the prom. Oh

, and midterms to boot.

Read on for the full schedule to keep up on all the happenings for the teachers, students and administrators.

Dutton/Brady School Board Election May 6: Fuhringer, Hemry and Michel Are Running for Open Seat

Dutton/Brady School Board Election May 6: Fuhringer, Hemry and Michel Are Running for Open Seat

sumbitted by Betty Brumwell, Dutton/Brady School
Dutton Country Courier

The election for the Dutton/Brady School Board of Trustees is scheduled for May 6.

Polls at the Dutton/Brady school and the Brady Community Center will be open between noon and 8 p.m. Absentee ballots will also be available through Betty Brumwell, Dutton/Brady School Election Administrator, at her office at the Dutton/Brady School in Dutton or by calling 476-3201.

Rebecca Fuhringer, Vicky Hemry and Reid Michel are all running for the open seat. . Read on for the full announcement.

Remembering on Senior Night: Traci Brumwell

Remembering on Senior Night: Traci Brumwell

Editor's note: As Dutton/Brady seniors commemorate their last home games on Senior Night, much is on their minds about how where they've been, where they're going and what the community has meant to them as they get ready to graduate. This week on the Dutton Country Courier we're featuring essays from seniors as they reminisce and look forward.

By Traci Brumwell
Dutton Country Courier

Graduating classes in small towns vary greatly in size, but the friendships made are always huge. I have had the privilege of having a small class and making five great friends that I will never forget. Three of us have been together for the past thirteen long years and the other two have been here for the hectic years of high school.

Cody, Carissa, and I started together way back in kindergarten and together have slowly watched our class size diminish from the original eleven to the graduating five. We have been through thick and thin together. I am not going to say that things have always been perfect, that we never fought, and that we always hung out together; because that is not true and no one is ever that perfect. We have always gotten along and been friends, but let me tell you there have been a number of fights and words exchanged – just like a family. However, after every battle we always made up and resumed our fun together.

Pep Club Hosts Speech/Drama Night

Pep Club Hosts Speech/Drama Night

Dutton Country Courier

Pep Club will be hosting a Speech/Drama Night on January 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM in the Power School Cafeteria. This is your opportunity to see all the Power/Dutton/Brady “speeches” perform their competition pieces for the 2007-2008 year. Mrs. Sims, the coach, will explain to the group what each event is, how it is judged and a little bit about each student. It is a great night to show your support for this team and to give them a public practice before Divisional competition. Dessert and a cold drink will be served. Come, bring a friend and be enlightened by the students’ abilities.

Dutton/Brady School Schedule, Week of Jan. 8

Dutton/Brady School Schedule, Week of Jan. 8

Dutton Country Courier

Wednesday, January 9:
Ecumenical Youth Group – 6:30 at the Lutheran Church

Thursday, January 10:
College in a Day Great Falls MSU-COT 8:30-1:00

Friday, January 11:
BB vs Sunburst @ Brady JVG/JVB/VG/VB 3:00/4:30/6:00/7:30
Speech & Drama @ Malta
End of Quarter 2

Saturday, January 12:
BB @ CJI JVG/JVB/VG/VB 3:00/4:30/6:00/7:30
Speech & Drama @ Malta

Tuesday, January 15:
School Board Meeting in Brady @ 7:00PM

Thursday, January 17:
BB vs Valier in Dutton-- JVG/JVB/VG/VB 3:00/4:30/6:00/7:30

Friday, January 18:
MAGIE Livestock—FFA in Great Falls

Saturday, January 19:
BB vs Power in Brady JVG/JVB/VG/VB 3:00/4:30/6:00/7:30
Divisional Speech and Drama in Cut Bank

Dutton/Brady Students Delight With Christmas Program

Dutton/Brady Students Delight With Christmas Program

By Shari Suek
Dutton Country Courier

The Dutton/Brady School district welcomed the Holiday season by performing programs at each of their locations. The Brady Campus was first to ring in the season on Monday the 17th with its junior high choir and bands. Amanda Tharp opened with “Ode To Joy” on the piano followed by pieces by the 5th Grade, Middle School, and 6th through 8th grade bands.

Click here or on the image above to see the photo show by Shari Suek from the programs.

School Board Mulling Campus Closure

School Board Mulling Campus Closure

By Tim Tharp, Superintendent Dutton-Brady Schools
Dutton Country Courier

The first thing I can tell you right now is that we just might be able to keep running with two buildings open through 2008-2009, but almost certainly can’t manage it financially beginning in 2009-2010.

The numbers I have reported to you in the past have been confirmed to be within $2,000 of actual funding by the Office of Public Instruction. There are quite a bit of variables that could still come into play, but it certainly gets us in the ballpark.

However, I learned something interesting. With taxpayer approval, we could run a levy next year to maintain this year’s current level of funding. This would mean the over $80,000 loss in budget authority could be balanced out by local tax increases IF you were to pass a levy for that amount. The Board of Trustees will need them to make a decision by the February board meeting so we can make plans for next year. Please read on for more information.

This rest of this article will address the information that the Board of Trustees has been presented over the last few months regarding the district’s budget situation and whether one or two buildings should remain open.