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Board appoints two principals, approves policies and contracts in New Britain meeting
Summary
The New Britain Board of Education appointed two elementary principals and approved several policies, a capital budget request to the city and union contracts after executive sessions; multiple votes carried with limited roll-call detail provided in the meeting minutes.
The New Britain Board of Education voted to appoint Terrence Berry as principal of Chamberlain North End Elementary School and Samantha Carroll as principal of North End Elementary School and approved a set of policy and contract actions during its regular meeting.
The board moved quickly through a consent agenda and separate votes after two executive sessions. The board approved policy changes for Deloretto Elementary sibling preference in the lottery, revisions to bylaws for electing the executive board after elections, a revised weighted-grading policy for high school courses, and a capital budget request to the city. The board also approved contracts under the 6621 bargaining unit covering family school liaisons, behavior support assistants, vocational job coaches, career coaches, teaching assistants and tutors.
Why it matters: the appointments fill school leadership vacancies, the policy changes affect how students are admitted and how class rank and honors are calculated, and the capital request seeks city bonding for building and life-safety needs across district facilities.
Key outcomes (as recorded in the meeting): - Appointment: Terrence Berry — motion made and seconded; board voted in favor; outcome: approved. Berry spoke to thank the board after the vote. - Appointment: Samantha Carroll — motion made and seconded; board voted in favor; outcome: approved. Carroll addressed the board after the vote. - Minutes (Jan. 7 regular meeting) — approved with 1 abstention recorded. - Report of personnel transactions and extracurricular appointments — approved (motion/second; vote recorded as carried). - Board policy 6.172.121 (Deloretto Elementary sibling preference adjustment) — discussed and approved. - Bylaws change: procedures for electing the executive board after elections (timeline set to within 10 calendar days of the election) — discussed and approved. - Board policy 6.146.11 (weighted grading for honors/AP/college-prep) — discussed at length; motion carried with one board member recorded as opposed. - Capital budget request to the city (district request for building and life-safety priorities) — motion carried; board approved submitting a capital request (noted dollar-figure discrepancy in packet; see clarifying details). - Contracts: Approval of two negotiated contracts for positions in bargaining unit 6621 (family school liaisons, behavior support assistants, vocational/job/career coaches, teaching assistants, tutors) — motion carried. - Consent agenda — approved.
The meeting record contained mainly voice votes; roll-call tallies and named movers/seconders were not consistently provided for each item in the public record. When a specific tally was recorded (for the Jan. 7 minutes), the clerk noted one abstention. Several items were described as informational rather than votes (for example, the enrollment report).
