Bryan v. Yellowstone County Elementary School District No. 2

¶1 In anticipation of a projected budget shortfall for the 2001-02 school year, Respondents Yellowstone County Elementary School District No. 2 and Board of Trustees of Yellowstone County Elementary School District No. 2 (collectively referred to hereinafter as the “District”) elected to close three elementary schools in Billings, Montana. Appellant Barbara Bryan filed a petition in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, for a writ of prohibition precluding the District from initiating the school closures and a writ of mandate directing the District to comply with an…