{"id":30,"date":"2026-10-13T22:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/?p=30"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:06:18","slug":"havre-school-board-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/havre-school-board-vacancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Havre school board to pick new trustee tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>| As of Oct. 13, 2026, before the meeting<\/p>\n<p>Havre Public Schools trustees will interview three applicants and pick a new board member at their meeting tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 13.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School auditorium, according to the district&#8217;s Oct. 5 Pony Post newsletter and Hi-Line Today.<\/p>\n<p>The applicants are Dr. Douglas Dightman, Brandy Murphy and Dr. Curtis Smeby. Whoever is chosen will serve through May 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The seat opened when Timothy Scheele, the board&#8217;s chair, resigned in August.<\/p>\n<p>KHEW will update this story with the board&#8217;s choice once it is confirmed. A Hi-Line Today headline calls the vacancy filled, but its story says the selection happens at the meeting.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it matters<\/h2>\n<p>Trustees oversee the district&#8217;s budget, policies and staff. In past meetings reported by Hi-Line Today, the Havre board has handled student handbooks, school budgets, staffing, student programs and transportation, including requests that crossed district lines with neighbors such as Rocky Boy.<\/p>\n<p>An appointment usually means a motion, discussion and a recorded vote. KHEW has not seen any public explanation of Scheele&#8217;s resignation, and we are not repeating rumors about it or about who might be chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Agendas, minutes and newsletters are posted through the district, so residents can follow the board&#8217;s business even if they cannot make it to a meeting.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1791215101\/havrek12mtus\/ifrgzceyntp9alekxnxc\/PonyPost-October5th2026.pdf\">Havre Public Schools Pony Post, Oct. 5, 2026 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hilinetoday.com\/hps-looking-for-new-school-board-member\/\">Hi-Line Today: HPS looking for new school board member<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hilinetoday.com\/havre-public-schools-next-meeting-agenda-and-vacancy-filled\/\">Hi-Line Today local meeting coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hilinetoday.com\/lots-on-agenda-for-tuesday-hps-board-meeting\/\">Hi-Line Today earlier board agenda<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people applied for the Havre Public Schools board seat left open when chair Timothy Scheele resigned in August. Trustees interview them and choose on Oct. 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9],"tags":[59,61,63,62],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-government","tag-havre","tag-havre-public-schools","tag-local-government","tag-school-board"],"khew_art":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khew.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}