On Wednesday, Nov. 9 the school district received a profane voicemail in their main district phone line.

The district called the number back that appeared on the voicemail and brought the caller in for a meeting.

Superintendent Dr. Brian Huff said the message was inappropriate and they issued a no trespass notice.

“They can’t be on any district grounds and contact anyone that works for the district,” he said.

Dr. Huff said they also filed a police report, but won’t be taking any further action.

“It doesn’t happen a lot (in regard to threatening calls),” he said, “But our philosophy is we issue the no trespass and that is the end.”

Dr. Huff said there was no place in life for threats.

“People think they are licensed and justified to act like this and that is not true,” he said. “There is no justification for that type of message.”

Dr. Huff said he couldn’t share the details of the message they received but did say it was more of a hyperbolic statement of “we wish you would have harm on you.”

Dr. Huff said even though it was very graphic, and they take it seriously he believes it was an elevation of emotions from the community in the recent months over the district’s transgender bathroom and pronoun policies.

“It’s still going to be the same and the kids will not see a huge change in life,” he said. “We will still be treating kids very well.”

The accused caller is Jae Moyer, a local human rights and LGBTQ+ advocate, who addressed the school board in board comments at the September meeting.

Moyer said he did not make a threatening phone call to the school district. He met with Dr. Huff and an administrator last week.

“I had the opportunity to listen to the message during my meeting today, and it was not kind,” they said.

Moyer said he wouldn’t go into detail of the message, but in his opinion, he agreed it would warrant action taken by the district.

“It was a message from someone angry about the district’s decision to pass their new transgender student guidelines policy,” they said.

Moyer said the district alleges when they called the number back the caller said their name was “Jay”, but it wasn’t them.

“When they came forward as an employee for the school district, the caller allegedly laughed and hung up,” they said. “The district said that when they looked back to see if there any connections to that name, they came upon the one time I testified in front of the district against their transgen- der student policy.”

Moyer said they offered to the he administrators that the voice in the voicemail didn’t sound like them.

“The superintendent claimed it was pretty darn similar,” they said.

Moyer said the district did not offer any further evidence that the call was made them.

“I made it quite clear that I did not leave the original message nor did I receive a return call from any employee of the district asking for my name,” they said.

Moyer said they asked the district if they had done any more digging.

“They said they have not, and furthermore, this wasn’t the type of thing that the police would spend any time or energy on,” they said. “When I again asked if there was anything else they could do to prove its not me, they said that they have done everything they could.”

Moyer said they had submitted a Kansas Ipen Records Act request for the voicemail, phone number and any other recorded discussions anyone within the district has regarding the incident.

“Currently, the district believes that this information is in a grey area under KORA and will be consulting their legal counsel vol to see if they can release the information,” they said.

Moyer said the superintendent informed Moyer that he will not be lifting the no trespass order for the time being.

“This is a decision based on district policy and at the discretion of the Superintendent,” they said. “This is not any type of legal restraining order.”

Moyer said they stand by their original stance that the voicemail wasn’t from them.

“It is my belief that the voice on the message does not sound like me,” they said. “I do, however, respect the process that the school district has in place to do as much due diligence as possible to ensure that they are following up with the right person. I believe that it is prudent for the district to ensure that they have all the facts they need to keep the district safe.”

Moyer said they did not, nor have ever, called the school district, nor left them any kind of voicemail.

“I pride myself in conducting myself in a manner, especially in public government- related meetings (school board or otherwise), that is respectful and also respects the humanity of other people, regardless of whether or not we agree politically,” they said.

Moyer said they would like to offer an apology to the district.

“I would like to offer an apology to any Board members or district employees,” they said. “You do not deserve the things said about you in the voice message. I am horrified for you, and despite my disagreement with you about the policy that you passed, I wouldn’t wish the things that were said in that message onto anyone. That’s not how I operate, and I hope you understand that I’m on your side in that regard.”

Moyer said they believe the voicemail is from someone claiming to be them in order to try to get them banned from advocating for the LGBTQ+ community at public school board meetings, “to defame me and my name, or both of those reasons.”

“ I will always continue to advocate for members of the LGBTQ+ community in Kansas and in my community, but I will also respect the due process that each government entity has to protect themselves and others from unkind, unfair, and unsafe behavior,” they said.