Mr. Dan Lantis, Superintendent

Dan Lantis grew up in Lincoln, Montana and attended high school in Augusta.  A 1969 graduate of Montana State University he began teaching Vocational Agriculture in Sheridan, MT in 1970.  He was married to Phyllis M. Barnes of Bighorn, MT in 1967.  They have five children and seven grandchildren.  Mr. Lantis has been a teacher in Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Washington.  His administration experience includes North Dakota, Idaho, and Montana.  He has been the Superintendent/Principal at Rosebud for the last nine years before coming to Lame Deer as Superintendent for the Lame Deer School District.

Mrs. Ross was born and raised in Red Lodge, Montana, where she graduated from high school in 1966.  After high school she attended a school of business in Billings.  Mrs. Ross worked for Security Bank and then moved to Shepherd where she worked for the Shepherd School as a bus driver and library aide as well as working in the cafeteria.  In 1976 Judy married Tuffy Ross and they have been happily married for 34 years with a daughter and a son, as well as one grand daughter.  The Ross' have lived in the Lame Deer area for 23 years.  Mrs. Ross worked for the Northern Cheyenne Headstart program for twelve years as a bus driver and janitor.  For the past ten years she has been an employee in the district office of the Lame Deer Schools.

Mr. Hopkins was born in Watertown, South Dakota, and grew up in nearby Castlewood, a small farming community.  He has lived in Montana since 1969, and has worked at Lame Deer Public Schools since 1996.  Mr. Hopkins taught reading and English at the high school for six years before becoming an administrator.  Mr. Hopkins states, "the best thing about our district is our students."