Parents call for written concussion reports and new bullying policy after student sent to ER

Parent commenters at the Johnson County Board of Education meeting on Jan. 9 pressed district officials for clearer incident reporting and a standardized bullying policy after a middle-school student who later visited the ER was not immediately evaluated at school.

At the start of public comment, a woman identified in the transcript as Chris Jones told the board her son sustained a head-to-head collision at school and “was taken to urgent care,” where clinicians diagnosed a concussion and later referred him to the ER. Jones said she was not notified the day of the incident and…