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Board adopts several policy updates, expands naloxone access and approves interfund loan
Summary
Directors unanimously adopted revisions to multiple policies — including expansion of naloxone to all schools, AED and infectious-disease policy updates, and graduation-credit waiver cleanup — approved an interfund loan resolution (up to $2 million) to address cash-flow timing, and adopted the 2025–26 meeting calendar.
The Franklin Pierce School Board unanimously adopted several revised policies and approved short-term financial measures during its meeting.
Directors adopted a revised policy expanding naloxone (overdose-reversal medication) availability from high schools to all schools, clarifying storage and responder training, and stating that students would not face punitive action for carrying naloxone. Health staff explained that naloxone is intended to reverse opioid overdose and that, if given when opioids are not present, it does not cause harm. A director asked about secondary students having access; staff acknowledged concerns and emphasized training and controlled storage options.
The board also adopted revised policies on automated external defibrillators (policy 3412), infectious diseases (policy 3414, including annual student health histories and removal of outdated school-physician language), and a revised graduation-credit waiver policy (02/04/2018) related to phasing of COVID-era waivers. All of these motions were moved, seconded and passed unanimously.
On finance, the board approved resolution 25-R-07 authorizing an interfund loan to the general fund of up to $2,000,000 to manage cash-flow pressures attributable to an OSPI funding reduction in June. Tammy, the finance presenter, said the district hopes not to borrow the full amount and expects to repay portions after July and August apportionments; the stated goal is to have no loan outstanding at the end of the fiscal year.
Directors also approved an overnight field trip request and adopted the 2025–26 school board meeting and event calendar (with notations about adjustments for Veterans Day and spring break). The calendar keeps rotating in-district meeting locations and schedules a board retreat in August.
Why it matters: The naloxone policy broadened access to a life-saving medication across district schools and clarified handling and training; the interfund loan is a stopgap cash-flow measure tied to state apportionment timing and a recent OSPI cut referenced by finance staff.
