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Board Honors Instructional Leadership Team; Fifth‑grader Proposes Weekly Life‑Skills Class

Cromwell Board of Education · December 10, 2025
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Summary

The board recognized the district Instructional Leadership Team for curriculum work and recognized fifth‑grader Andrew Hudak as the Kid Governor, who proposed a weekly 45‑minute life‑skills class taught with community volunteers.

The board used part of the meeting to recognize the district’s Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) and instructional coaches for their role in curriculum rollout and professional learning. District leaders described external validation from the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and TNTP for the reading curriculum work and praised coaches who support teacher growth.

Separately, Woodside fifth‑grader Andrew Hudak presented his Kid Governor platform and video proposing a weekly 45‑minute life‑skills class across Cromwell schools—classes that would teach cooking, sewing, basic home care and practical financial skills. Hudak suggested recruiting parents, caregivers and community volunteers and organizing local fundraising to buy supplies. Addressing the board, he asked whether students could “survive on your own” and said he personally thought he could not; he urged schools to teach practical day‑to‑day skills.

Board members applauded the ILT and thanked Hudak for the proposal, asking that the student’s principal follow up so the board could consider the idea as part of curriculum and programming conversations.