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Gazette opinion: Public education is Billings’ business – “Education advancement is a team sport” – Please vote for the levy

April 29, 2019/

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The business community stepped up support for career and technical education a few years ago when School District 2 leaders asked for help that the district could not afford on its own. More than a dozen local businesses responded by agreeing to fund half the salary of the district’s first-ever director of career and technical education in a school district serving nearly 17,000 K-12 students.

Please vote for the levy and mail your ballot back to the Yellowstone County Elections Office so it arrives before May 7.


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