Board adopts revised safety and bullying policies, removes duplicative harassment complaint procedures

The Millinocket Public Schools board approved a package of revised policies addressing weapons and school safety and formalized updated bullying reporting and investigation procedures. The board also moved to delete older harassment and discrimination complaint procedures that the policy committee said are duplicated elsewhere in the district's policy set.

During the meeting a board member introduced the first reading of a package of revised and new policies covering staff involvement and decision‑making, employee electronic communications, staff conduct, substitute pay and administrative procedures. Board members and staff explained the policy committee had coordinated reviews with Main School management to identify duplications; deletions were proposed for policies the committee said are now covered elsewhere.

The board voted to adopt revised policies including the weapons/violence and school safety policy (code references read into the record) and to approve a set of bullying forms (report form, investigation response form, and a summary of disciplinary/remedial actions). The action included both a motion to delete specifically named harassment and employer discrimination complaint procedures and a motion to adopt the new/revised set.

Why it matters: Policy revisions set district expectations for safety, staff conduct and complaint handling; deleting duplicative policies is intended to reduce confusion about which procedures govern employee and student complaints.

The board's discussion emphasized reliance on school management and policy‑committee review, and cited the need to adjust substitute/tutor pay in response to state minimum‑wage changes. The motions were adopted during the meeting; specific roll‑call tallies were not read into the public transcript.