By MOLLY RICHESON
For The Weekly Post
FARMINGTON – Another parent has stepped forward urging the Farmington School Board to review and/or audit its policies regarding safety and discipline.
Adam Henkhaus of Farmington spoke at the school board’s Monday meeting about an incident involving his son Drew, who was shot in the face with an airsoft gun in the school parking lot on Dec. 16 prior to a band concert.
According to the Farmington Student Handbook, “Law enforcement officials will be notified in any situation that involves drugs, drug paraphernalia, weapons, firearms, arson, bomb threat or any situation deemed necessary by administration.”
Adam Henkhaus claims the school did not contact law enforcement and that his family had to do so instead. He disputed a response given by Farmington Superintendent Zac Chatterton that the district fulfills its legal obligations.
“That is clearly not the fact,” Henkhaus said. “So now you are not being truthful with parents.”
Adam Henkhaus said this is not the first time his son has been assaulted and that he and his family have voiced concerns and spoken before the board before.
“Yet here we are,” he said.
Jeannette Kurth of Hanna City also addressed the board requesting further transparency regarding safety and discipline. Kurth spoke at the Jan. 13 meeting, voicing concerns about the handling of an incident in which her son, Hunter Kurth, passed out in school after being choked by another student.
School Board President Alex Slack assured Kurth that the issue was discussed in closed session last month and that the board directed a review of the policy for contacting emergency services during a loss of consciousness or head injury.
“We are taking this very seriously,” Slack said.
In other business, the board approved a $1,000 donation to the Farmington Academic Foundation, granted Chatterton permission to start working on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget and acknowledged students of the month, Orange Frog recipients and the high school cheerleaders.
Personnel items included hiring Nathan Lynch (bus driver) and Lynsey Vermillion (cafe worker); approving Addison Gilstrap (junior high girls track coach), Jessica Kilper (JH assistant track coach), Judd Anderson (high school girls track coach), Deidre Lange (HS assistant track coach) and Mary Plumer (JH assistant scholastic bowl coach); and acknowledging the resignations of Abigail Simaytis (yearbook sponsor), Davee Crowell (bus driver), Holly Troglio (teacher) and Angela Kline (teacher).
