During the Oct. 16 open forum, a father told the Arlington ISD Board of Trustees his son had been threatened twice by a classmate who said he would “shoot” him. The father said the school involved law enforcement and contacted his family but that the student who made threats returned to classes after several administrative steps.

The family’s account: The father said his son intervened twice on behalf of another student and was threatened both times. He said school staff pulled both boys into the office, called police and contacted his wife, who went to the school. The father told trustees the school later implemented a “stay away” agreement, but he said it was broken when the student who made threats was again sent into his daughter’s classroom and had been seen spending time with younger students during the period he described as an in‑school suspension.

The father said he had been told the student was being searched daily before attending classes but that he had no independent proof of those searches and that district officials told him additional punishment was not available. He also said district staff declined to investigate whether the threatening student’s parents owned firearms, a question he said could be checked through registration records.

The father asked the board whether the district would institute stricter policies now instead of waiting for a serious outcome.

District response recorded in the transcript: The father said he had contacted Chief Operations Officer Dr. Hill and had not received an email response from the superintendent; the transcript recorded that staff had investigated and engaged police but no further disciplinary steps were available to the school under the circumstances described in the meeting.

No formal board action was taken during the meeting; the item was raised as a public comment requesting the board and administration to review threat response and preventive policy.