Superintendent of Schools
The office of County Superintendent of Schools is an elected position which performs administrative, financial, legal, record keeping, and transportation supervisory services for all nine districts in Beaverhead County. The Superintendent assists school boards, educators, students, parents and taxpayers in general to understand and implement federal, state, and local laws applicable to education. The Superintendent acts as a liaison between the Montana Office of Public Instruction and local government units. The superintendent’s office is a central source of information where official acts and records are registered and preserved. Montana Coded Annotated 20-3-205 through 20-3-210 outlines the duties of the office.
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labelAbout the Superintendent
Linda is a Montana native, raised in central Montana. She moved to Dillon in 1973 to attend Western Montana College (now University of Montana Western). She taught in Beaverhead County for 32 years. She is a married homeowner and mother of two sons. She is currently serving her second term as Beaverhead County Superintendent of Schools.
Education
- Western Montana College: BS
- Major in Elementary Education, Minor in English
- University of Montana:
- Special Education Endorsement
- University of Montana Western: M ED
- Elementary Curriculum
Teaching Experience
- Elementary Teacher, Polaris, MT, grades K-8
- Special Education Aide, Dillon, MT, Resource Room
- Special Education Teacher, Dillon, MT, Self-Contained Room
- Elementary Teacher, Dillon, MT, 3rd grade
- Elementary Teacher, Dillon, MT, 4th grade
Leadership Positions
- MT Association of County School Superintendents, Current State President (2017-2019)
- MT Association of County School Superintendents, 1st and 2nd Vice President, and Secretary
- Montana Small Schools Alliance, Vice Chair (2017-2018)
- Great Divide Educational Services, Executive Board Member (2012-present)
- Beaverhead County Family Services Child Advocacy, Committee Member
- School Administrators of Montana, Board Member
- Alpha Delta Kappa Educational Fraternity, State President and State Treasurer
Professional Memberships
- National Rural Education Association
- Montana Small Schools Alliance
- Montana Association of County School Superintendents
- Montana Association of School Business Officials
- School Administrators of Montana
- Western Montana College: BS
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labelPast County Superintendents
Beaverhead County Superintendents of Schools 1869 – Present
- 2010 – Present: Linda Marsh
- 2008-2010: Emily May Rebish
- 1987-2008: Dorothy Donovan
- 1987-1987: William White
- 1979-1986: Donna Allen
- 1970-1978: Josephine Eudaily
- 1965-1969: Annie Ames
- 1963-1964: Georgia M. Williams
- 1959-1962: Ura Stroeder
- 1951-1958: Theo Bay
- 1945-1950: Christine Opp
- 1939-1945: Margaret Sweeney
- 1934-1938: Nell Doyle
- 1929-1933: Gladys Garr
- 1927-1928: May Sprinkle
- 1923-1926: Alice Roe
- 1917-1922: Elizabeth Sutherland
- 1915-1916: Mayme French
- 1911-1914: Margaret Ross Roode
- 1907-1910: Alice Herr
- 1903-1906: Estella May Rich
- 1901-1902: Isabella Rife
- 1899-1900: Janie N. Carter
- 1897-1898: Madie Rife
- 1893-1896: Millie Coffin
- 1891-1892: A.L. Stone
- 1889-1890: Horace A. Woods
- 1888-1889: Helen E Taylor
- 1887-1888: Mary Carter
- 1882-1886: John Gannon
- 1879-1881: C. M. Shephard
- 1875-1878: W. A. Carter
- 1869-1874: J.S. Ferster
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labelHistoric Lists of School Districts
District # District Name School Name(s) Date Opened Date Closed 1 Bannack Bannack 1863 1947 Lloyd 1909 Bon Accord 1940 Bannack-Millpoint Millpoint 1947 1978 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 10 (Dillon) 2 Bishop/Nelson Bishop 1866 Nelson 1904 1960 Consolidated with Dist 10 (Dillon) 3 Poindexter/Riverside Poindexter 1867 1898 Riverside 1897 1957 Consolidated to Dist 10 (Dillon) Willow View 1915 Burned in 1918 4 Argenta Argenta 1897 1971 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 10 (Dillon) 5 Glendale Glendale 1896 1920 Abandoned & annexed to Melrose District in Silver Bow Co. Glendale 1951 1959 Abandoned & annexed to Dist #10 (Dillon) 6 Dewey Dewey 1890 1962- Abandoned & annexed to Dist 11 (Wise River) 7 Horse Prairie/Grant Grant 1897 Grant School is still operating 8 Madison/Beaverhead Hecla 1897 1932 Annexed to Dist 10 (Dillon) 9 Birch Creek Birch Creek, Farlin, Apex 1883 1966 Abandoned & attached to Dist 26 (Reichle) 10 Dillon Dillon, Bagley, Mary Innes, Parkview North, Parkview Junior High, Dillon Middle School 1881 Dillon Elementary includes Parkview School and Dillon Middle School and is still in operation. 11 Wise River Wise River 1896 Wise River School is still in operation. 12 Lima Lima 1896 Lima K-12 Schools are still in operation. 13 Big Hole/Bristan Bristan 1896 1961 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 16 (Wisdom) 14 Red Rock Red Rock 1897 1947 Abandoned & portions attached to Dist 19, 22, and 27 15 Kidd Kidd 1908 1926 Abandoned & rejoined with Dist 14 (Red Rock) 15 Wisdom North McVey Creek 1884 1910 Merged with Dist 16 (Wisdom) 16 Wisdom Wisdom 1884 Wisdom School is still in operation. 17 Bowen Bowen 1893 1959 Abandoned & consolidated with Dist 16 (Wisdom) 18 West Fox Fox, West Fox 1892 1961 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 24 (Jackson) 19 Armstead Armstead 1910 1963 Abandoned & attached to Dist 7, 10, and 12 20 Medicine Lodge Medicine Lodge, Hansen, & Hildreth 1897 1947 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 19 (Armstead) 21 Polaris Scudder Creek, Polaris 1892 Polaris School is still in operation. 22 Dell Dell, Gosman 1912 1963 Consolidated with Dist 12 (Lima) 23 Upper Polaris Upper Polaris 1894 1911 Consolidated with Dist 11 (Wise River) 23 Upper Wise River Upper Wise River 1918 1930 Abandoned & consolidated with Dist 11 (Wise River) 24 Jackson Jackson 1893 Jackson School is still in operation. 25 Jackson South Kirk, Meadow Brook, Mountain View 1898 1948 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 24 (Jackson) 26 Glen/Reichle Willis, Rock Creek, Reichle 1901 Reichle School is still in operation. 27 Blacktail Blacktail 1, 2, &
3 (Jake Flat School)1903 1958 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 10 (Dillon) 28 Fox East Fox 1904 1953 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 18 (West Fox) 29 Drummy Drummy, Jensen 1905 1938 Abandoned & consolidated with Dist 10 (Dillon) 30 Brenner Brenner, Bloody Dick, Monument 1905 1947 Abandoned & returned to Dist 7 (Grant) 31 Barrett Barrett, Ewing, & Ryan’s Station 1906 1919 Abandoned & attached to Dist 3 (Riverside) 32 Gibbons Gibbons, North Fork 1906 1968 Consolidated with Dist 16 (Wisdom) 33 Nicolia Nicolia, Upper Nicholia, Big Sheep Creek, & Whitworth 1906 1969 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 12 (Lima) 34 Millpoint Millpoint 1910 1947 Renamed Dist 1 (Bannack-Millpoint) 35 Elk Horn Coolidge 1918 1937 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 5 (Glendale) &11 (Wise River) 36 Lakeview Lakeview, Red Rock in Alaska Basin 1911* 1971 Abandoned & attached to Dist 12 (Lima) 37 Jones Jones 1911* 1933 Abandoned & annexed to Dist 38 (Doyle) 38 Doyle Doyle, Excelsior, Blake 1911* 1965 Consolidated with Dist 36 (Lakeview) 39 Monida Monida, Saunder 1911* 1953 Abandoned & consolidated with Dist 12 (Lima) 40 Upper Lakeview Upper Lakeview, Upper Red Rock, Shambow 1911* 1937 Abandoned & consolidated with Dist 36 (Lakeview) Beaverhead County High School Beaverhead County High School 1902 Beaverhead County High School is still in operation. * Districts in the Centennial Valley were in Madison County prior to 1911. This explains why they were all created in Beaverhead County the same year. Some of the schools were in operation in the late 1880’s.
Compiled by Linda Marsh, 2017
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labelDistrict Boundaries Map
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labelBoards of Trustees
Boards of Trustees 2018-2019
School Trustees Term Year Elected Term Expires Grant #7 Laurie Schmidlin, Chairperson 2 2017 2020 Don Hales 3 2016 2019 Daniel Melle 1 2018 2019 Dillon #10 Jed Petersen, Chairman 3 2015 2018 Kathy Hilton, Vice Chair 3 2017 2020 Estee Aiken 3 2017 2020 Sharon Anderson 3 2018 2021 Todd Rouse 3 2016 2019 Marti Laknar 3 2016 2019 Sharon Morehouse 3 2017 2020 BCHS Gary Love, Chairman 3 2016 2019 Laverne Jackson, Vice Chair 3 2018 2021 Mike Richardson 3 2018 2021 Patti Jo Staudenmeyer 3 2017 2020 Koy Holland 3 2017 2020 Cory Lamey 3 2016 2019 Pierce Rouse 3 2017 2020 Wise River #11 Ellenmarie Coates, Chairperson 2 2017 2019 Sam Sampson 3 2018 2021 Raymond Schonsberg 3 2017 2020 Lima K-12 #12 Dan Mayer, Chairman 3 2016 2019 Kiley Martinell, Vice Chair 3 2016 2019 Kathy Stosich 3 2017 2020 Scott Huntsman 3 2017 2020 Kodie Bernard 3 2018 2021 Wisdom #16 Ed Stede, Chairman 3 2017 2020 Paul Diaz, Jr. 3 2018 2021 Jason Raymond 3 2016 2019 Polaris #21 Jennifer Tash, Chairperson 3 2016 2019 Robert Marchesseault 3 2017 2020 Russell Harrison 3 2018 2021 Jackson #24 Joe Johnson, Chairman 3 2018 2021 Troy Dawson 3 2017 2020 Michael Heiland 3 2016 2019 Reichle #26 John Hagenbarth, Chairman 3 2018 2021 Janet Richardson 3 2016 2019 Dr. Justin Rhodes 3 2017 2020 -
labelCurrent Enrollment
Fall Enrollments 2018-2019
Elementary Districts
School P K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Total Dillon – District #10 – 87(F) 89 71 77 77 75 87 86 78 727 Grant – District #7 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 6 Jackson – District #24 0 0(F) 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 6 Lima – District #12 – 6(F) 1 5 4 0 4 2 6 4 32 Polaris – District #21 0 1(F) 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 Reichle – District #26 0 3(F) 5 5 1 1 5 0 2 2 24 Wisdom – District #16 0 4(F) 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 15 Wise River – District #11 0 0(F) 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 8 County Totals – 101 106 82 85 84 87 91 98 90 824 High School Districts
School 9th 10th 11th 12th Other Total Beaverhead County High School 75 78 85 69 1 307 Lima – District #12 4 7 6 3 0 20 County Totals 79 85 91 72 1 327 -
labelHome School
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Contact Directory
| Name/Title | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Marsh | Superintendent of Schools | (406) 683-3737 |