Havre school board turns down East End again

For the second time in less than a year, the Havre school board has denied the request of the East End Colony for a publicly funded attendance center for its 16 children.

"It's going to cost District 16 taxpayers more money and going to cause us to drop services in this district," school board chair Jim Heberly said before the vote Tuesday night.

On Feb. 27, Joe Waldner, the administrator of East End Colony School, faxed a petition to Havre Public Schools Superintendent Kirk Miller with the signatures of the 16 students and their parents requesting the board to authorize a "separate or attenda...