10 hope to fill 2 Rocky Boy school board slots

School election day is Tuesday, and 10 local candidates hope Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation voters will choose them to fill the two available slots for school board members.

The terms will be for three years.

Teddy Russette III has served on the Rocky Boy school board for six years already. He said the district has been making progress and his major goal is to push education and to help the school board through the tribal council, of which he is part of.

Russette was born and raised on Rocky Boy. He graduated Box Elder school and then received a certificate degree in construction and technolog...