Hi-Line school district consolidation now goes to voters

Two consultants hired to provide insight on a possible consolidation of two Hi-Line school districts looked to the community for input Monday night.

They didn't get much.

A crowd of more than 100 residents fell silent when Rich Shaffer and Harry Erickson of Bozeman asked for public comment on the possible consolidation.

Shaffer and Erickson, a consulting duo with more than 70 combined years of experience in education, were hired by the Kremlin Gildford and Blue Sky school boards to make a recommendation on where the high school and elementary school should be located if the two districts conso...