 Montana boasts one of the highest percentages of homes in the wildland-urban interface. As wildfire season begins, a recent report by Bozeman-based Headwaters Economics critiques overly cautious wildfire management strategies in Montana. Montana schools are seeing declining enrollments, rising inflationary costs, and the loss of American Rescue Plan elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds. An Office of Public Education Working Group has assembled to find out what needs to change for education in the state.