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Votes at a glance: Board approves minutes, personnel report, revised 2025–26 calendar, cell-phone policy and finance items
Summary
The New Haven Board of Education approved consent and action items including minutes, personnel report, a revised 10-month calendar, a second-reading cell-phone policy and a bundle of finance and operations contracts and purchase orders.
The New Haven Board of Education took several routine votes during the meeting. Below are the actions, movers, seconds and recorded roll-call responses as stated in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance
1) Approval of minutes of May 27 Motion: Approve minutes of May 27 (moved by Dr. Joiner; seconded by Miss Downer). Roll call (as recorded): Doctor Joiner — Yes; Miss Downer — Yes; Doctor Benitez — Yes; Mary Elicker — Yes; Mister Juarez — Yes; Doctor Yarbrough — Yes; Miss Colon — Yes; Mister Musser — Yes; President Wilcox — Yes. Outcome: Approved.
2) Approval of superintendent’s personnel report and action items Motion: Approve the action items and superintendent’s personnel report (moved by Dr. Joiner; seconded by Miss Downer). Roll call (as recorded): Doctor Joiner — Yes; Miss Downer — Yes; Doctor Benitez — Yes; Mary Elicker — Yes; Mister Juarez — Yes; Doctor Yarbrough — Yes; Miss Colon — Yes; Mister Musser — Yes; President Wilcox — Yes. Outcome: Approved.
3) Approval of revised 2025–26 10-month calendar Motion: Approve revised calendar to reflect primary day on Sept. 9 (moved by Mister Juarez; seconded by Dr. Benitez). Roll call (as recorded): Mister Juarez — Yes; Doctor Benitez — Yes; Miss Downer — Yes; Mary Elicker — Yes; Doctor Joiner — Yes; Doctor Yarbrough — Yes; Miss Colon — Yes; Mister Musser — Yes; President Wilcox — Yes. Outcome: Approved.
4) Second reading and adoption: cell phones/electronic communication devices policy Motion: Adopt policy as presented (moved by Dr. Benitez; seconded by Miss Downer). Roll call (as recorded): Doctor Benitez — Yes; Miss Downer — Yes; Mary Elicker — Yes; Doctor Joiner — Yes; Mister Juarez — Yes; Doctor Yarbrough — Yes; Miss Colon — Yes (recorded after a short absence); Mister Musser — Yes; President Wilcox — Yes. Outcome: Approved.
5) Finance and operations consent bundle (1 abstract, 1 agreement, 1 purchase order, 15 contracts) Motion: Approve the listed finance and operations items (moved by President Wilcox; seconded by Dr. Benitez). Roll call (as recorded): Doctor Benitez — Yes; Miss Downer — Yes; Mary Elicker — Yes; Doctor Joiner — Yes; Mister Juarez — Yes; Doctor Yarbrough — Yes; Miss Kwan — Yes; Mister Musser — Yes; President Wilcox — Yes. Outcome: Approved.
Notes: All roll-call tallies and mover/second attributions are taken verbatim from the meeting transcript. No contested items or recorded no/abstain votes were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
