Parents and community advocates at Monday's Jacksonville North Pulaski School District board meeting sharply criticized district leadership for what they said was a months-long delay in informing families about a staff arrest and pressed the board to adopt a formal parental-notification policy.

"Silence is not a safety strategy," said Maria Hagler, who identified herself as a mother of a Bayou Meadow Elementary student and asked the board to commit to a policy guaranteeing notification of staff-related safety incidents within 24 hours, not 60. Several speakers said parents were not notified until early December about an investigation the district had begun in mid-October.

Theresa Cook told the board, "This board, every single one of you, have failed the families at Bayou Meadow Elementary in the worst possible way ... This board, every single one of you should resign." Brandy Elders and other members of the Parent Action Coalition said additional victims were identified after public disclosure and alleged the district only released information after a community member filed a Freedom of Information Act request.

Christian St. Clair, speaking on behalf of the Parent Action Coalition, said the group submitted a formal list of demands with a Dec. 31 deadline for a formal response and specific policy implementation; she told the board the deadline passed "with no communication and no accountability from this leadership."

Several commenters criticized internal handling of police reports and video-review processes. Jessica Cox said she had received a non‑redacted police report from district staff during a video review on Oct. 21 and disputed the district's characterization in an email that parents had not received police reports during footage review.

Some speakers pressed for security upgrades. Zachary Cope urged investment in on-site servers and camera improvements and said roughly $10 million in revenue was available for capital uses; he suggested $5,000 per server as an illustrative cost and asked the district to consider upgrading servers at each school.

Board members acknowledged community anger, stressed legal limits on public discussion of pending personnel matters and FOIA restrictions on board communications outside public meetings, and said the district is working on a crisis-management plan and a draft training manual. The superintendent asked the board to schedule a workshop to review those materials and other community concerns.

The meeting record shows no immediate policy vote on parental notification; the board instead scheduled further review and a work session to address the crisis-management plan and training manual.

Next steps: the Parent Action Coalition indicated it will continue its campaign, including attending a state board meeting; the district requested a workshop in the coming weeks to present updated plans for crisis response and training.