Board approves multiple field trips, contract templates and staff pay; disposes of high school tech assets

The East Haven Board of Education voted on several agenda items including out-of-state field trips, contract templates for Overbrook Early Learning Center staff, staff salaries for Overbrook, and disposal of East Haven High School technology assets.

Major outcomes

- The board approved the out-of-state field trip request to Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. Roll-call votes recorded all members voting yes; the motion carried.

- The board approved the Overbrook assistant teacher contract template and the Overbrook lead teacher contract template; both motions carried on roll-call votes with all members voting yes.

- The board approved proposed salaries for Overbrook staff for the 2025–26 school year set at $25.26 (reported on the agenda as $25.26). The board’s roll call recorded five yes votes (DePalma, Johnson, Putney, Santiago, DeLucia) and three no votes (DeLongo, Hennessy, Torello); the motion carried.

- The board approved the aviation program’s out-of-state field trip to Washington, D.C. The roll call recorded a single no vote from Mr. Hennessy; the motion carried.

- The board authorized disposal of East Haven High School technology department assets; the motion carried unanimously on roll call.

- The board voted to add an agenda item to consider an additional aviation field trip, and then approved the aviation program’s field trip to Orlando, Florida; that vote also carried…