Anaconda School District superintendent placed on paid administrative leave
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and last updated 2021-05-14 13:41:28-04
ANACONDA â The superintendent for the Anaconda School District has been placed on paid administrative leave.
The school board made the decision to put Superintendent Justin Barnes on paid leave during a closed session of its meeting Wednesday evening, School board Chair Kevin Morley told MTN News Friday. Morley would not comment on why the action was taken.
Barnes was hired as superintendent of the school district in 2018.
A phone message left with Barnes from MTN News seeking comment Friday morning was not returned as of 11:30 a.m. that day.
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Montana man gets cited for harassing gay neighbor over anti-Trump flag
Michael Challans says his neighbor s anti-Trump flag prompted him to confront the man using profanities and anti-gay slurs
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Security footage of the neighbors’ exchange over dueling political flags – Photo: Tim Mielke, via Reddit.
A Montana man was cited by police for disorderly conduct after video was made public of him harassing and using anti-gay slurs against one of his neighbors because of a dispute over political flags.
Michael Challans, 43, was cited by Helena police for using “loud, profane, and offensive language” as part of an ongoing dispute with 36-year-old Tim Mielke, who is gay.
A Helena man cited for disorderly conduct for yelling at his neighbor over an anti-Donald Trump flag pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor Monday in Helena Municipal Court and was ordered to pay $100 in fines and $85 in court costs.Â
Michael Challans, 43, was also told by Substitute Municipal Court Judge Courtney Cosgrove he would have to go to the Helena Police Department to be fingerprinted and have a booking photo taken, given the nature of the citation. But he was not to be detained.
Before entering the courtroom, Challans said he apologized to his neighbor Tim Mielke. Challans used an anti-gay slur while yelling at the man March 1.Â
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