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Board approves routine minutes, personnel, finance items and two litigation settlements
Summary
At its Oct. 14 meeting the Board of Education approved the minutes of Sept. 22, the superintendent's personnel report, multiple finance/operations items and settlements in two litigations (PC-16 Doe v. Hill Regional Career High School and Light v. New Haven Board of Education), all by recorded roll call votes.
The Board of Education took a series of formal votes during the Oct. 14 regular meeting. The board voted on procedural, personnel and finance items earlier in the evening and approved two settlements after an executive session. All recorded votes were approved by roll call among members present.
Votes recorded during the meeting (motions moved and seconded as indicated):
1) Approval of minutes of Sept. 22, 2025 - Motion: "to approve the minutes of September 22." (Moved and seconded; no discussion recorded) - Vote: Approved by roll call. Recorded votes in the transcript: Doctor Joiner — yes; Mister Wilcox — yes; Doctor Benitez — yes; Miss Downer — yes; Mister Juarez — yes; Mayor Ellerker — yes; Chair — yes. Motion carried.
2) Superintendent's personnel report (action items) - Motion: "We approve the action items of the superintendent's personnel report." (Moved and seconded) - Vote: Approved by roll call. Recorded votes: Mister Wilcox — yes; Doctor Joyner/Joiner — yes; Doctor Benitez — yes; Miss Downer — yes; Mister Juarez — yes; Mayor Ellerker — yes; Chair — yes. Motion carried.
3) Finance & Operations consent items - Motion: Approval of "3 abstracts, 3 agreements, 1 amendment, 7 purchase orders, and 2 contracts" as outlined on the agenda. (Moved by Mister Wilcox; seconded) - Vote: Approved by roll call. Recorded votes: Mister Wilcox — yes; Doctor Joiner — yes; Doctor Benitez — yes; Miss Downer — yes; Mister Juarez — yes; Mayor Ellerker — yes; Chair — yes. Motion carried.
4) Settlement: PC-16 Doe v. Hill Regional Career High School - Motion: "I have a motion to approve settlement in PC-16 Doe versus Hill Regional Career High School in accordance with the discussion in executive session and subject to approval of the city litigation settlement committee." (Moved and seconded after executive session) - Vote: Approved by roll call. Recorded votes: Mister Wilcox — yes; Doctor Joyner/Joiner — yes; Doctor Benitez — yes; Miss Downer — yes; Mister Juarez — yes; Mister Ailey — yes; Mayor Ellerker — yes; Chair — yes. Motion carried. Note: Approval was stated as subject to the city litigation settlement committee’s approval.
5) Settlement: Light v. New Haven Board of Education (case number cited) - Motion: "I moved to approve settlement in Light versus New Haven Board of Education in accordance with the discussion in executive session and subject to the approval of the city litigation settlement committee." (Moved and seconded) - Vote: Approved by roll call. Recorded votes: Doctor Joiner — yes; Mister Wilcox — yes; Doctor Benitez — yes; Miss Downer — yes; Mister Juarez — yes; Mister Ailey — yes; Mayor Ellerker — yes; Chair — yes. Motion carried. - The board read a statement recognizing Jessica Light’s 15 years with New Haven Public Schools and said it looked forward to continuing to work together for the benefit of students. The board identified the case number in the transcript as 322CB425JBA.
No recorded votes failed or were tabled during the meeting. Several motions were moved and seconded with unanimous roll-call approval among members present.
For any of the above items requiring further administrative approvals (for example, the two litigation settlements), the transcript states those settlements are subject to subsequent approval by the city litigation settlement committee.
