DALTON, Ga. — Classroom 413 at Dalton High School looks like you might expect a social studies classroom to look. There is a poster of Martin Luther King Jr. There is a poster with an iconic image of a man standing in front of tanks in China’s Tiananmen Square. There are notes on the whiteboard for topics to go over in discussing World War II.

The only thing out of the ordinary is the plywood covering the window on the south wall. That is the window that police say was shot out by a bullet from a .38-caliber snub-nosed pistol by teacher Randal Davidson.

Following Wednesday’s arrest of Davidson, the Dalton Police Department released two incident reports, one of which said Davidson “may be delusional” from March 2016 and another which said he was found conscious but unresponsive after being reported missing from the campus in January 2017. A third report was obtained by the Daily Citizen-News on Thursday from the Dade County Sheriff’s Office. In that report, Davidson was said to have stalked his property with a rifle in August 2016 after setting his car on fire in a possible “suicide attempt.”

Dalton Public Schools interim Superintendent Don Amonett said in a press conference on Thursday he couldn’t address the Dalton police interaction with Davidson, and he and Director of Communications Pat Holloway refused to answer questions about concerns about Davidson’s mental health in light of the reports.

Dalton Public Schools officials were not aware of the Dade County incident, Holloway said.

“There have been requests for information from the district regarding Mr. Davidson’s medical history,” Holloway said in a statement to the media at the school on Thursday. “However, state and federal law prevent us from releasing any medical information about any employees. Mr. Davidson is in police custody and we do not expect that he will be returning to this campus, but it is still an active and ongoing investigation.”

When asked about any actions taken by school system officials following the January 2017 incident, Amonett and Holloway declined to comment, calling it a “personnel matter.” When asked what state and federal laws she would be violating in commenting on Davidson’s work history, Holloway said she had been advised by the school system’s attorney not to comment and would contact him concerning what laws he was advising them to follow. The Daily Citizen-News has sent the school system an open records request seeking the employment records and personnel file of Davidson.

Principal Steve Bartoo had said on Wednesday, “As far as I know, he was fit to be at work.” Amonett agreed on Thursday that Davidson “was fit to be at work.”

“We cannot address anything specific to that one (case), but we can state that in all situations, we meet what is required by the law and we do everything we can to always guarantee that every classroom is a safe environment,” Amonett said in an interview after the press conference. “There are a variety of state regulations in regard to teacher certification. All employees have to meet those requirements before they can become a teacher or work on our campuses.

“In addition to that, there are no state-mandated health evaluations, but if any situation comes up through our HR (human resources) department, we would require certain things be done for any employee. If there were ever a doubt or ever a question about a person being fit to be in our classrooms, there are actions we can do to require them to take certain steps in order to be able to document that they are safe to be in our classrooms.

“If there is any situation — from a low level to a more severe level — anything like that, that is why we added our employee assistance program this year,” Amonett said. “So that employees themselves, if they felt there was something going on, a situation that they might need some counseling, they can on their own seek out that. But if we hear or have any reason to suspect anything to a more severe level, we can require them to take certain actions before they can come back into our classrooms.”

He declined to provide specifics.

Amonett would not comment on whether any action was required on Davidson’s part after the January 2017 incident, in which the school resource officer at Dalton High was told a staff member “might be missing.” About two hours later, school staff said Davidson had been found on School Street near the intersection with April Street. When the officer arrived, he saw Davidson sitting on a curb being held up by two school staff members.

“Davidson was conscious and did not appear to be in any type of physical distress,” the officer wrote in the incident report. “I attempted to speak with Davidson as did staff members but no amount of stimulus would draw a response from Davidson.”

Davidson was taken to Hamilton Medical Center.

Davidson was scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning for a bond hearing, but Davidson’s attorney, Richard Murray, waived his first appearance in Magistrate Court, according to a press release from the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office. District Attorney Bert Poston said Murray requested Davidson be placed on the Superior Court calendar for Tuesday. Murray did not immediately return a message left with his secretary.

Davidson remains in the Whitfield County jail without bond. He is charged with aggravated assault (gun), terroristic threats and acts, carrying a weapon in school safety zones (non-license), reckless conduct, disrupting a public school and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Dalton Police Department spokesman Bruce Frazier said the investigation into the shooting and Davidson’s motives is ongoing.

“We are still trying to determine a motive for Mr. Davidson’s actions and are still investigating what led to the events at the school Wednesday,” Frazier said. “We are interviewing people and actively seeking people who may have come into contact with Mr. Davidson in the days prior to the shooting at Dalton High School.”

School officials took questions from national and local media and then gave the media access to Davidson’s room, The press conference took place against the backdrop of staff and students returning to the school. Even though classes were canceled on Thursday, staff members were on campus and students were allowed to come to campus to retrieve any personal belongings following Wednesday’s evacuation of the school. Classes are to resume today.

Davidson was the 2012 STAR Teacher, selected by that year’s STAR Student, and is well-known as the voice of both Dalton High School and Dalton State College athletics.

“I was in his class three times,” junior Wesley Caceres said. “He was a really nice teacher, and he always had coffee. He would always be helpful, and you got the respect you gave with him. He was a cool teacher and a good dude. It is shocking.”

As students and staff prepared to return to school today, Holloway expressed the gratitude of school system officials.

“We could not be more appreciative of the Dalton Police Department, who immediately responded to our school and secured the scene,” Holloway said. “And students and staff who acted quickly and responded appropriately in a very frightening situation. Wednesday’s events were completely unexpected. Our staff and students practice lockdown drills, so they were ready.”