Concord School Board approves policies, administrator contract, sets last day and advances middle-school schematic design

The Concord School District Board of Education on April 7 approved amended district policies, ratified a three-year contract for administrators, set the district's last student day as June 17 and authorized schematic design work for a proposed new Runlet Middle School at the South Street site.

Board members said the votes keep planning moving while leaving later decisions — including whether to build — to future meetings and potential voter input.

The board approved three policy items on second reading: revised Policy 5.44 (weapons and firearms on school property) with added language for asking members of the public to remove weapons and to report threatening conduct to local and, if necessary, federal law enforcement; a repeal-and-replace of Policy 161 (nondiscrimination and equal opportunity) with associated plan; and new Policy 161.1 (discrimination and harassment grievance procedure). The board’s policy committee and the district lawyer reviewed amendments before the full-board vote.

On personnel and labor matters, the board accepted a three-year Concord Administrators Association (CAA) contract that calls for wage increases of 3.5%, 3.5% and 3% over the term and moves administrators to two new health-plan options as of July 1, 2025. The superintendent described…