Havre district wont take over colony schools

Joe Waldner pleaded with the Havre Board of Trustees Tuesday night to open a sixth school in its district, a facility that would be staffed and funded by Havre Public Schools.

He was denied.

The school board voted 6-0 against taking over the private East End Hutterite school, 20 miles north of Havre. It also voted unanimously against taking over the private school at the Hilldale Hutterite colony.

The focus for the Hutterites was their property tax dollars something Waldner, the East End school's administrator, said they've been unable to take advantage of.

According to the state Department of...