School growth: Investing now, planning for the future

Dan Rispens

November 19, 2025

7c00af11f70c5a5a1107fcbab996e700-2 — East Helena High Vigilante pride downtown (Aleka Kroitzsh/The Monitor).

Greetings from East Helena Public Schools!

I want to start off with a giant congratulations to our neighbors in the Helena Public Schools and the Helena community for the recent passage of the Elementary and High School Bonds. This historic investment in school facilities in Helena will benefit generations of students in so many ways.

Having witnessed first-hand here in East Helena the positive impact school facilities have on a community, I have to say, I am excited for what is coming in Helena. Congrats!