Glacier County Schools
County Superintendent of Schools
Lester Johnson
1210 East Main or 512 East Main Cut Bank Montana 59427
email: ljohnson@glaciercountymt.gov
phone: (406)873-2295
“…in every inhabited spot, let schools be erected. Humble and deficient in many respects they must be, at first; but in a marvelously short time, if the endeavors of the mothers and fathers of Montana are persistent and well directed, a school system shall rise in our midst worthy of our name and station, and the riches which our children will inherit will fall into hands fitted to receive them, and to apply them intelligently for their own good and the welfare of the land of their birth…” (Anderson, 1872).
Provisions were made by law for the election of a county superintendent of schools in each county. The county superintendent assisted the State Educator Officer by setting up school districts in each of the counties that existed at that time. Other duties included:
- Examine all persons wanting to teach
- Issue revocable certificate, good for one year
- Visit each school in his county taught by a qualified teacher
- Apportion the school fund of the county among the school districts
- Receive reports from teachers and boards
- Make a report before December 1st on enrollments, school houses, operating districts, books used and salaries paid teachers
- Prevent trespassing on state school lands.
Distributed by: The Montana Association of County School Superintendents