THURSDAYTHURSDAY lonepeaklookout.com NovemberJuly 19, 201829, 2018 FREEFREE VolumeVolume 1, Issue1, Issue 52 33 BigBig Sky, Sky, LONELONE PEAKPEAK LOOKOUTLOOKOUT MontanaMontana First chair of the season! Teach here, live here Workforce housing effort continues at Big Sky School District via talks with Habitat for Humanity BY JOLENE PALMER
[email protected] hile the Big Sky School District has been successful in recruiting new instructors to its growing schools, it’s still subject to the sameW issues most Big Sky businesses eventually face— including employee burnout when the commute to and from Bozeman rears its head, often due to the lack of affordable housing options in Big Sky. BSSD Superintendent Dustin Shipman sees the affordable housing issue as a serious challenge for his district, noting that teacher retention is a priority and that he too often sees staff forced to embark on the On opening day at Big Sky Resort, Lookout contributor Mike Coil positioned himself atop the Swift Current Chairlift and captured unsustainable Bozeman commute. Or, if his instructors this shot of the first non-employees to be deposited on the slopes this ski season. Cheers to them and others who got after it on Nov. do find Big Sky rental housing, they’re sometimes stuck 22 and are still charging hard, taking advantage of superb early season conditions. dealing with numerous roommates. “We know sooner or later they are going to be tired of More on page B10 living like they are still in college,” Shipman said of his teachers in a recent email to the Lookout. “We also have a lot of cases when housing situations change over the course of a month (a landlord selling a rental the teacher is in) and this causes a lot of stress for the educator.” This housing dilemma has been a topic of discussion Evicted because of at monthly BSSD school board meetings, where an affordable housing committee was formed earlier this year.