Small Montana School Among First in US to Reopen Under Phased Plan

'How they open schools and how learning takes place is up to them,' state officials said

Willow Creek School in Willow Creek, Mont., on May 4, 2020. Matt Volz/AP Photo

A tiny public school in rural Montana will be among the first in the United States to resume classroom teaching this week under the state’s phased “Reopening the Big Sky” plan.

Dozens of Willow Creek School’s 56 students and 18 staff are expected to show up at Thursday’s opening bell.