Brighton Believers awards, school events and student activities highlighted at board meeting
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The board opened the May 27 meeting with Brighton Believers Awards and received monthly reports from assistant principals and school leaders on field trips, performances, student clubs, international trips and testing.
The Brighton Central School District Board of Education opened its May 27 meeting with the Brighton Believers Awards honoring students, staff and community members, then received monthly reports from Council Rock, French Road, 12 Corners Middle School and Brighton High School.
Jordan Betz Saar, director of community mobilization for Miss Julie’s School of Beauty, was recognized for presentations to Brighton High School classes on human trafficking and local resources. A nomination read at the meeting described how she and colleagues educate cosmetology workers on warning signs and provide referrals and training for victims.
Other awardees included Marguerite Opet, a counselor who has worked with a student named Corwin since third grade to help him manage strong emotions; Kristen Drew, a long-term substitute praised for her work supporting students and families; and members of the Brighton High School Muslim Student Association, who organized the district’s first Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr celebration and coordinated a card drive that produced 1,200 cards to send to patients through the organization Send a Smile Today.
Assistant principals and administrators reported school highlights. Katie Schafer said two classrooms at Council Rock visited Equicentre to learn about gardening and horse care, and that “the kids had an absolute blast.” French Road staff described a staff wellness day, a first art show and a color run. At 12 Corners Middle School, Shawn Brooks and Ashley Edwards reported on grade-level activity nights, musical and theater performances, transition visits for incoming students and an expanded jazz-band presence at community events.
Brighton High School presenters said spring activities included senior decision day, a successful junior prom with about 300 students in attendance, a senior bash for roughly 200 seniors and the high school’s Springfest. Jibrrell Bowens reported on AP testing logistics: 533 students took more than 1,200 AP exams over a three-week period, and staff worked to manage hybrid and online testing options.
The board also heard a brief update on construction projects at the high school, including a new Door 20 entrance and upcoming work on the Tech Wing.
The board moved on afterward to routine business; no substantive debate or action was recorded about the awards or monthly school reports during the meeting.
