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Votes at a glance: Darien Board approves budget transfers, gifts policy and sets graduation date
Summary
Key votes at the March 26 Board of Education meeting: unanimous approval to set graduation for June 16, unanimous approval of two budget transfers, and unanimous approval of revisions to the gifts policy. Several other procedural motions were also approved.
At its March 26 meeting the Darien Board of Education recorded several formal votes and unanimous outcomes on agenda items.
- Graduation date: The board voted unanimously to set Darien High School graduation for Monday, June 16, 2025, with no separate rain date; motion moved by John and seconded by Sarah.
- Budget transfers (February): The board unanimously approved two budget transfers recommended by finance staff: $98,000 into consultant services for special education (from out-of-district tuition) and $30,009.75 from tuition to cover lost tuition revenue for newly classified students.
- Gifts policy: The board approved revisions to board policy 5-1-6-0 (gifts) at second reading; the motion passed unanimously.
- Minutes and procedural motions: The board approved minutes of the Feb. 25 special and regular meetings as amended and approved routine procedural motions (agenda reordering and adjournment) by unanimous votes as recorded in the minutes.
Text of motions, movers and seconds are recorded in the official meeting minutes and in the transcript. Where names were recorded in the transcript, the mover and seconder are listed; in other cases the motion outcome is recorded without roll-call breakdown when not provided in the public transcript.
