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Principals report fewer absences, Veterans Day events and a small middle-school electrical fire

Board of Trustees of Bigfork Elementary School and Bigfork High School, District No. 38 · November 12, 2025
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Summary

Principals reported lower first-quarter absences compared with prior years, updates on parent-teacher conferences and fall testing, a National Honor Society-led Veterans Day assembly, a student vending-machine project and a small middle-school electrical fire; no injuries were reported.

Principals Brenda Clarke, Mark Hansen and Charlie Appleby gave routine reports at the board’s Nov. 12 meeting covering parent-teacher conferences, fall testing, student activities and school operations.

Brenda Clarke summarized parent-teacher conference activity and Indian Education for All expenditures and noted fall testing timelines. Mark Hansen reported on National Honor Society activities, pre-ACT testing and the Veteran’s Day Assembly and read a Student Council report submitted by Nic Gustavson; eighth-grader Ellie Woods addressed trustees about fund-raising to buy and install a used vending machine in the middle school. Charlie Appleby reported on a middle school dance, upcoming staff training, boys basketball and a small electrical fire at the middle school; the minutes state the fire was small and there were no injuries reported.

Principals and trustees also reviewed first-quarter attendance figures compared with prior years and noted overall lower absence counts to date; this presentation was informational and required no board action.