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Board reviews new safety policies: threats, harassment, opioid protections, performance-enhancing drugs and weapons

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District · December 16, 2025
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The board reviewed new and revised safety and conduct policies including threats of violence, harassment/intimidation/bullying, opioid-overdose protections in the substances policy, performance-enhancing-drug language giving superintendent discretion, and weapons/discipline provisions tied to federal/state statutes.

At the work session administration presented several safety- and discipline-related policies grouped under Article 5.

On threats of violence (BP 5.131.42), staff said the district is developing risk-assessment protocols to differentiate between statements that require a disciplinary or law-enforcement response and speech that may be typical adolescent behavior. Regarding harassment and bullying (BP 5.131.43), administration said the policy language…

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