Unidentified Speaker opened the public speak-out portion of the Springfield City School Committee meeting and said, "This is the public speak out portion of our school committee meeting." The speaker also announced that School Committee woman Denise Sures was attending remotely via Zoom and that no one had signed up to speak.

The chair entertained a motion "to close the meeting" for the public speak-out portion and to return at 6:30 p.m. for the regularly scheduled meeting. A motion was moved ('So moved') and explicitly seconded by Miss Gresham, as recorded by the clerk. The mover is not explicitly identified in the transcript.

The clerk conducted a roll call. The record shows: Mister Gonzales — yes; Attorney Murphy — absent; Mister Collins — yes; Miss Gresham — yes; Miss Hurst — absent; Miss Monroe Naylor — absent; Mayor Sarno — yes. After the roll call, Unidentified Speaker stated, "This matter passes." The transcript records four yes votes and three absences; no no votes or abstentions were recorded.

Unidentified Speaker also announced that newly elected School Committee woman Ayanna Crawford was present at the meeting. After brief informal exchanges among attendees, the public speak-out portion concluded and the committee prepared to reconvene for its regular agenda at 6:30 p.m.

Action recorded: the committee closed the public speak-out portion of the meeting and recessed until the scheduled 6:30 p.m. session. No public comments were heard during this portion of the meeting.