Gov. Gianforte visits Sunnyside school in Havre

Gov. Greg Gianforte visited Sunnyside Intermediate School Thursday, where he met with educators and administrators, visited a few classrooms of students and answered some of their questions.

After being greeted by the student body Gianforte sat down with some Sunnyside teachers and discussed the TEACH Act, which incentivized school districts to raise starting teacher pay, which Havre Public Schools, as well many other schools, have done.

Two HPS school board members, Garrit Ophus and Cindy Erickson, attended and when Gianforte asked them why they decided to take advantage of the TEACH Act, the...