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Woodman School to open Tuesday Classes to start as planned after wildfire threatened area By ALICE MILLER of the Missoulian
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Ted Muhs greets first-grader Marion Johnstone, left, and her classmates as they line up for the first day of school in his Spanish immersion class at Paxson Elementary on Wednesday. The new program will teach 80 first-graders and kindergartners in Spanish for half of each school day.
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LOLO – Students will return to Woodman School on Tuesday – just as if nothing had happened in the past 10 days. Much has happened, of course. The school debated whether it would be safe to open because of the Lolo Creek Complex fire’s impact on the area, said Louise Rhode, a supervisory teacher at the school, which sits above U.S. Highway 12 west of Lolo. Flames got within 50 yards of the schoolhouse when the fire blew up Aug. 19. Now, though, the lifting of evacuation orders for residents See LOLO, Page A5
Kindergartners, first-graders participate in first year of Spanish immersion program
Budget tweaked following tax assessments
By ALICE MILLER of the Missoulian
“Hola,” Ted Muhs greeted students as they filed into his classroom for the first day of school Wednesday at Paxson Elementary. When students crossed the threshold, they entered a space where Spanish will be spoken for the entirety of the school year. Eighty Paxson kindergartners and first-graders are participating in the first year of a Spanish immersion program at the school. The strategy is to surround students with Spanish from the moment they first walk through the classroom door. For half the day, they learn in Spanish. For the other half, they learn in English. Students will learn to read, write and speak in Spanish, as well as learn about Spanish-speaking cultures. “I think that what we’re doing is way bigger than teaching Spanish,” said Muhs, who is teaching the first-grade Spanish component of the program. Students also are becoming better prepared for a global marketplace and learning to be open minded about other cultures, See SPANISH, Page A4
Final property figures come in lower than expected Muhs started his class by teaching students how to say hello and introduce themselves in Spanish.
Navy SEALS hope to raise $50K for wounded colleague Billings native lost legs in IED blast last summer; special operations unit to parachute into stadium
Attending a University of Montana football game was the last thing on Bo Reichenbach’s mind last July when he was critically injured by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Afghanistan.
By KIM BRIGGEMAN of the Missoulian
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More than a year later, the 24-year old Navy SEAL and Billings native continues to recover at Walter Reed Memorial Hospital, learning to use his prosthetic legs while fighting off infections. While the battle toward recovery has been slow, Reichenbach is winning the fight, and Saturday night at least he’ll get his chance to attend Montana’s season
opener against Appalachian State University. “He’s a Griz fan, and he’s very excited to come out,” said Reichenbach’s father, Don. “I never thought I’d be doing what I am with him. All things considered, it’s all pretty amazing.”
Andrew Czorny says he’s “puzzled,” but a stronger emotion clearly lurks below the surface. Missoula INSIDE County’s ■ Taxpayers will chief be asked to financial spend more than officer $500K on jail submitted recreation area. next year’s Page A5 budget for public comment on Wednesday in the basement of the county administration building. It had some significant alterations from the preliminary budget he presented a month ago. Since then, the Montana Department of Revenue
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