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Teachers and parents urge trustees to delay insurance change and strengthen bullying policies
Summary
Multiple speakers urged trustees to hold off on joining the proposed Bridge Health Alliance until provider contracts and ancillary benefits are confirmed and asked the district to revise bullying policies after several parents and students described unprepared mediations, inconsistent enforcement and physical incidents.
A string of public comments at the Missoula County Public Schools board meeting focused on two distinct concerns: a proposed move to the Bridge Health Alliance for employee insurance and the district’s handling of bullying and restorative meetings.
Cindy Arnett, a special‑education teacher at Big Sky High School, said the potential savings from joining Bridge are "all potential" and warned trustees that Bridge had "had a hard time meeting their promises for delivery up to this point." Arnett asked the board to "pump the brakes" and to favor the security of the current plan over uncertain savings.
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