JAY – School Committee members voted Thursday to readmit three high school students this fall who were connected to bomb threats at the school earlier this year.

Individual executive sessions were held prior to those votes, committee Chairwoman Mary Redmond-Luce said Friday.

Two of the high school students had been expelled and another had been issued a long-term suspension after several bomb threats were made at the high school. Other students were also involved in the threats.

There was satisfactory evidence that the behavior will not likely recur, Redmond-Luce said.

The board also waived its three-meeting policy on a new or amended policy and adopted an Information Technology Resources in the School policy.

“It was done as a final reading so it would be in place for the beginning of the school year,” Redmond-Luce said.

In general, it governs the expectations of student conduct with computers and other technology. Students using technology at the school, which includes e-mail and Internet access for educational purposes, and their parents or guardians will be required to sign a form that states that they have reviewed the policy and agree to abide by the rules, she said.

The school system has 785 laptops and desktops, 21 servers that support the network and three operating systems: Windows, Apple and Linux, Superintendent Robert Wall said.

This year, all freshmen will receive a one-on-one laptop – it is specifically assigned to them – each student. It continues the trend that starts in the seventh grade, Wall said.

Committee members also opted not to fill a technology director position and instead approved reconfiguring the department to expand duty responsibilities of staff already in the school system.

Norman Burnam-Brackley, formerly a computer technician I will now be a technician II and have responsibilities that include performing a variety of technical tasks in the installation, diagnosis, repair and maintenance of all components of the network.

Scott MacCalum, formerly the senior computer technician, will now serve as the Jay network/service manager. He will be responsible for management of the operation and administration of the internal networks, servers and network security systems.

The board did vote to advertise for an 18-hour-a-week help desk assistant that would have duties that include primary responsibility for user support and service, Redmond-Luce said.

The restructuring saves the school system about $24,000, Wall said.

The committee also approved all coaches that were nominated, Redmond-Luce said. Initially the board took no action when a list of coaches was presented to allow the new high school Principal Joe Moore to take part in review of those nominations.

The board also voted to declare the former superintendent’s office, a mobile unit, as surplus property, she said.

Since the town also didn’t want the unit, the board approved that the building can be given to Area Youth Sports and authorized Wall to work out a memorandum of understanding with the organization as to the terms and conditions of use, Redmond-Luce said.