Emotions Erupt At Solon Springs School Board Meeting Over Recent ‘Threat Complaint’
SOLON SPRINGS, Wis. – Emotions hit a breaking point Tuesday night at a special Solon Springs School District board meeting involving safety and security procedures within the district.
Officials at the district said the meeting was about providing facts and dispelling rumors around what parents said was a gun threat by a student that wasn’t handled properly.
The meeting started with Principal Holly Jones detailing how the district handled a “threat complaint” by another student on Monday, Feb. 5. 
While some parents believe kids heard a student was going to shoot up the school, Jones said an investigation by the district and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office determined the threat was a misunderstanding.
Jones said a student was actually talking with another student about getting together for “paintball games.”
“Throughout the investigation, we determined there was no threat to the school. On Tuesday (Feb. 6), there was a continuation of potential comments. We investigated the situation, along with the Doulgas County Sheriff’s Office, and determined there was no threat or additional comments heard or made. Yet, several inaccurate narratives being discussed. As these narratives continued to grow, the decision was made to inform parents and families of the situation and try to reassure them that everyone was safe,” Jones said.
Later in the meeting, Amanda Kunert, a teacher in the district who said her child reported the threat, stood up in Tuesday’s special meeting to say she was fired by the district after contacting the administration about the student who made the perceived threat. It was at that time when the father of another student stood up to defend his child.
“For her to say an accusation about my kid is not acceptable,” the father said from the audience.
Two deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office were at the meeting and intervened at times with Kunert, the father and others.
“I will talk to anybody else in this room that wants to talk to me,” Kunert went on to tell the audience.
“This is not the time,” School Board President Keith Nordskog replied to Kunert about her employment status, which is when the crowd shouted back at the board with multiple people saying, “It is the time.”
Some parents said the communication around this incident was unacceptable. The school board told those in the audience at the meeting that they are going to review safety protocols because they said safety and security is their number one priority.
