Bristol Warren approves consent agenda; pulls and approves homeschool request

The Bristol Warren Regional School Committee approved its consent agenda during a meeting on Monday, Dec. 15. The chair opened the public session at 5:30 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance before moving to routine business.

The committee pulled item C — a set of homeschool requests — at the request of Miss Ferreira. Chair noted that consent items are routine and can be enacted in a single motion but may be removed for separate consideration. "Does anyone wanna pull anything out of the consent agenda? Miss Ferreira?" the chair asked; Miss Ferreira asked to pull the homeschool request and staff removed it from the bundled motion.

Motion for the consent agenda (excluding the pulled item) was made by Miss Reese and seconded by Mister Jackson; the chair called the voice vote and recorded the motion carried.

The committee then considered the pulled homeschool requests. Miss Piper moved to approve the homeschool requests; Mister Donovan seconded. Members asked whether the listed requests were new or renewals. Miss Ferreira noted she could not tell from the current list; staff agreed to add a column to indicate whether each filing is a renewal or a new request. The chair clarified parents who choose homeschooling must notify the district within the calendar year rather than necessarily in September.

After the clarification, the committee voted by voice to approve the homeschool requests. No recorded roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript; the chair announced the affirmative voice vote.

The meeting then proceeded to the next agenda items.