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WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Scores of angry teachers have demanded that Westerly school officials do a better job informing them of threats such as one that's alleged to have been made against a Westerly High School teacher.
The Westerly Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1uNM5ha ) that teachers said at a recent School Committee meeting they learned of the allegations in media reports, not from school officials.
A physical threat policy approved by the School Committee in 2009 requires that any confirmed written or oral threat against the health, safety and well-being of any member of the school community will immediate prompt notification to police, students, faculty and staff.
A Superior Court judge continued a restraining order Wednesday for Maryjane Utley, head of the high school's science department. A student allegedly threatened to snap her neck.
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