Votes at a glance: Stratford BOE actions on contracts, curriculum, capital plan and trips
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Summary
At its June 24 meeting the Stratford Board of Education approved a custodians contract, carried over funds allocation, a cell-phone policy, a new grade‑7 content-literacy course at Worcester, an overnight cheerleading trip, personnel actions and the capital improvement plan (6–1). Several other routine items were approved or tabled.
The Stratford Board of Education took a number of formal actions on June 24. Key outcomes below are drawn from the meeting’s recorded roll calls and motions.
- Collective Bargaining Agreement (custodians): Approved by roll call (unanimous among members present). See separate article for details.
- Carryover allocation: Board approved up to $500,000 from FY24 carryover to address FY25 operating deficit (moved by Miss McDowell; seconded by Mister Kennedy). Motion passed unanimously.
- Electronic-devices policy (P5131.81A): Adopted on second read; motion passed by roll call (unanimous among members present). Implementation planning and tower procurement to occur over the summer.
- Content literacy course for Worcester Middle School (grade 7): Board approved a full-year course for students below the 50th percentile of reading to provide additional reading support; curriculum writing to occur over summer.
- Overnight field trip: Stratford High School cheerleading overnight trip was approved unanimously; required releases and documentation were on file.
- Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) 2025–2029: The board approved the plan after revisions and discussion; vote passed 6–1. The plan includes district requests and town-added items; a $7,108,808.74 combined figure was discussed during deliberations (district and town components).
- Minutes and personnel actions: The board approved the minutes of the June 3 special meeting and accepted personnel resignations/assignments; both motions passed unanimously.
- Transportation bylaws: Discussion held; motion to table the transport bylaws carried unanimously to allow further review.
Full roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript for each vote.