It's September 1st and that means another school year's underway.
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Denise Juneau, has kicked off a series of back to school visits which she'll continue over the course of the next several weeks.
Juneau says she enjoys meeting with faculty and administrators - and especially students - to figure out what's working in our schools and what could use some improvement.
She tells Edward O'Brien the Graduation Matters Montana program to increase graduation rates and reduce the dropout rate, is proving to be a resounding success:
There are 43 Graduation Matters communities in Montana: