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SLEEP –At their regular meeting, Ten Sleep School Board honored retiring members Jane Thurston and Tess Greet for their service with clear glass awards as a token of appreciation Monday evening.

Ten Sleep School Board vice chair Jared Lyman presented the awards saying, "It has fallen upon me to thank, as we go through this transition in the board, we have some newly elected people coming up, unfortunately we are losing Tess and Jane. We want to thank them for everything they have done for us." He added that it has been great working with both members the two years that he has been on the board.

In other business the Concealed Carry by Employee rule was opened up for public comment. Ten Sleep resident CJ Grimes commented about an issue in the wording of the proposed rule. "My biggest issue with the rule is ... refers to the person who is approved to carry using a weapon that they carry in their best judgement. I feel that that is a very broad statement that gives a lot of leeway for a person to justify their actions," Grimes said.

The rule, under use of firearms stated, "An employees who receives approval by the Board of Trustees to possess a firearm, for the security of the school grounds, staff, students and visitors pursuant to this policy is expected to use his/her best judgement to protect his/her life and/or the lives of others. The employee shall only fire his or her firearm if he or she reasonably perceives that his or her life, or the life or lives of others are in imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury"

The board agreed to change the wordage to: "An employee who receives approval by the Board of Trustees to possess a firearm, for the security of the school grounds, staff, students, and visitors pursuant to this rule is expected to protect his/her life and/or the lives of others. The employee shall only fire his or her firearm if he or she reasonably perceives that his or her life, or the life or lives of others are in imminent risk of death or serious bodily injury.

Grimes also stated that he had written a letter to the board and had received no acknowledgement in any way that the board had received the letter or if the contents of his letter was considered. Greet explained that everything received is read over and over and is considered but that people would not be notified individually that their writing was received but that all public opinions are carefully considered and that just because the board doesn't implement a suggestion doesn't mean that the suggestion was rejected.