Lodge Pole school gets grant

Lodge Pole Elementary School will receive a grant of more than $109,000 for a reading program for K-3 students.

"What this will allow us to do is continue our reading program at the elementary school. We've seen marked improvement in our students' reading scores with this reading program," said Less Wells, superintendent of Hays-Lodge Pole Public Schools.

Lodge Pole was one of 11 Montana schools to receive the competitive grants out of 41 schools that applied in November, according to a press release from the state Office of Public Instruction. The grants total $2.76 million, the press rele...