New first grade teacher to start at Highland Park school

Highland Park Early Primary School has a new first grade teacher from Washington.

"I miss working with children," Lauren Todd said. "The COVID pandemic has been crazy, not being able to work one-on-one with kids, and I'm really hoping that the school board decides we can come back and work with kids, but if it's online then it'll be online too."

She grew up in Spokane, Washington, she said, and moved around a little until she met her husband, and they moved from Washington to Casper, Wyoming, then to Montana.

She is excited to be in Montana, she said.

She attended Eastern Washington University...