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Board says school handled firearm found under bleachers appropriately, cites administrator authority
Summary
The board reviewed a public comment about a firearm discovered under the bleachers and the chair read district policy saying administrators may act and that the board need not intervene for incidents not involving students or staff.
The board addressed an Oct. 1 public comment that questioned whether a single person had made a decision about a firearm found under the bleachers that should have required full-board action. The chair read the districts firearms-and-weapons policy and said administrators are authorized to take appropriate action, including requesting law enforcement in accordance with Montana law.
"Anytime that the board needs to be involved, must be dealing with students or faculty, not with somebody who is not a student," the chair said while reading policy language. She added, "So the school handled everything appropriately. No school board member made any decision without the rest of the school." The chairs statement was presented to clarify the districts policy-based authority and to respond to the earlier public comment.
The boards public-record review noted that the policy delegates operational responses to district administrators and that board involvement is required only when actions affect students or district employees. The meeting transcript records the policy reading and the chairs conclusion but does not identify the original public commenter by name.
