LEWISTON — Superintendent Jake Langlais and School Committee members addressed concerns Monday night about disciplinary action following an incident Sunday involving a student’s post that showed two guns, a pack of gum and a message that read, “yo everyone come to school tomorrow, I got gum.”

The possibility of a serious threat was ruled out, according to a statement about the situation released early Monday. However, many parents started voicing their concern over social media that deterrent disciplinary action was missing in the aftermath.

“We were able to identify the high school student that made the post yesterday,” the statement from Lewiston Public Schools said. Lewiston Police Department “visited the home, met with the student and a parent. There are no weapons and there is no threat to (Lewiston High School) or Longley School,” the statement continued. “Other administrative action will be taken,” it added.

Ward 2 Representative Janet Beaudoin shared some of the doubts surrounding the disciplinary action. “It seemed like the student would be back at school today. It was looked into, people were talked to. It’s all good. There’s no threat. We’re going to move forward,” Beaudoin said. “I don’t even know if I’m allowed to say it, is this student back at school or not?”

Langlais said tiptoeing around the confidentiality of the case was challenging, but the committee has the authority to decide the outcome.

“The challenge we have is (that) it’s protected,” Langlais said. “It’s protected, I think, in some cases for good reasons. But also I can hear the frustration of people. I think people want to know, ‘OK, well, who would ever do this? What were they thinking? What’s going to happen next?’ I think those are all fair wonderings from people.”

Langlais announced that the student was not allowed to be at the school until a decision is made.

“I can assure people that the student is not at school,” he said. “I can assure you that there was a visit made to home, and when I think of things like what just happened in Georgia, we’re not just saying, ‘OK, have a nice day.’ It’s pretty thorough. We take it very, very serious. Again, the student’s not at school,” he emphasized.

“Ultimately, the committee has the authority to make a decision around that student returning to school, or returning to school after a period of time, or returning to school after a reentry process or expelling them and having a reentry process,” Langlais added.

“I do hope people know that we’re not being passive about this. While the content of this one might have been less threatening than maybe some others, I take them as one in the same. If you put (a) post with weapons and you bring up the word ‘school,’ you’ve crossed lines,” he said.