Hi-Line Living: Big Sandy: Small town, small school

Montana is a big state filled with many small towns, many of which have their own small schools.

Big Sandy is one such town, though it wasn't always as small.

Going back to the '70s, Big Sandy High School was a class B school - high school enrollment alone was at least 120. However, enrollment has more than halved since and the Big Sandy Pioneers attend a class C school. The entire district has 170 students, 91 in high school and middle school and 70 in kindergarten to sixth grade, district superintendent Brad Moore said.

Like many farming towns in north-central Montana, the arrival of l...