District receives grant to connect elementary and high schools

School officials learned last week that Ekalaka Elementary District #15 was selected for a $750,000 grant. The money, awarded by the Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Division, is to be granted “for the construction of a connecting wing between the elementary and high school buildings to secure the entrance and playground security,” according to a letter from the governor’s office notifying the school.

In the grant application, Ekalaka Public Schools Business Manager Lora Tauck explained that the original design for the new elementary school included a connecting wing from t...