Board approves minutes, personnel actions and conference travel; tables revised policies
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The Stratford Board unanimously approved acceptance of minutes, personnel assignments and professional development travel requests, appointed a curriculum committee member and tabled a set of revised policies for attorney review.
The Stratford Board of Education took several routine governance actions, unanimously approving minutes, personnel assignments and superintendent conference travel and assigning a teacher to the district curriculum committee while tabling proposed policy revisions for legal review.
On professional development, the board approved three conference attendances requested by Superintendent Miss Borges and two cabinet members, voting to authorize travel to conferences scheduled for October, November and February. The motion was moved by board member Miss Bedell and seconded by Mr. Bryant and passed by voice vote with all members recorded as "Aye." The superintendent said the expenses were budgeted within the cabinet professional development line; specific costs were not provided at the meeting.
The board accepted the minutes for the June 23, 2025 regular meeting and the July 30, 2025 special meeting and approved personnel assignments and resignations as presented. The personnel motion was moved by Miss Vidal and seconded by Mr. Cormier and passed unanimously.
On committee appointments, the board appointed Afton Gilliard (gifted and talented teacher) to the curriculum committee for the remainder of the committee’s term; the administration confirmed the teachers’ union had no objection. The appointment passed on a unanimous vote.
The board also considered a packet of revised policies. Following several questions about language that affects parents’ recourse and the board’s role in complaint escalation, a motion to table the policy packet for attorney review and for staff to provide the most recent external policy references was made and seconded; the board approved the motion to table.
Members flagged the need for clarity on parent complaint procedures and whether certain grievance steps removed from the draft policies should remain. The superintendent and board agreed to seek advice from counsel and return the packet for further consideration at a future meeting.