Missoula's C.S. Porter Middle School is the first in the state to receive the Platinum Award for an MBI Exemplar School. The award was presented at MSU in Bozeman on Wednesday morning by Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Denise Juneau.
After Missoulian reporter Martin Kidston's article in the Thursday, March 27 newspaper, the Montana World Affairs Council received word that a Missoula middle school's entire 8th grade class would be attending a conference on human trafficking.