Waterbury board approves consent calendar and a speech therapy services contract
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Summary
The Waterbury School District Board of Education approved its consent calendar including calendar and facility items, and voted to hire Access Rehab Centers LLC for speech and language therapy services; one commissioner abstained, citing a work association.
The Waterbury School District Board of Education voted to approve its consent calendar and a services agreement for speech and language therapy at a regular meeting held at Waterbury Arts Magnet School. The board approved calendar updates, facility easements, program certifications under state law and several personnel and service contracts before adjourning.
The board moved as a group to approve items 9.1–9.11 on the consent calendar, which included a revised 2025–26 school year calendar, an electric distribution easement with Connecticut Light and Power (Eversource) across property at 2780 North Main Street (Reagan School), participation in the Healthy Food Certification program under Connecticut General Statutes 10-215f and related exemptions, and multiple professional and service agreements for engineering, school-based health centers and speech and language therapy. Commissioner Watts made the motion to approve the listed consent items and the motion carried by voice vote, with a small number of abstentions recorded.
On a separate motion from the committee on finance, Commissioner Orso moved that the board approve a services agreement with Access Rehab Centers LLC to provide speech and language therapy services to the district; the motion was seconded and carried. After the vote, one commissioner stated they were abstaining from the Access Rehab vote because of an association with the vendor’s organization, which the commissioner identified as the reason for the abstention.
Board procedural motions also included receiving and placing on file superintendent certification items 13.1–13.5 as informational notifications to the board.
What happens next: The approved contracts and personnel changes become part of the district’s administrative record. The superintendent and relevant departments will proceed with implementing the contracted services and calendar changes, subject to any administrative onboarding or scheduling steps required by each contract.
Votes at a glance: approve items 9.1–9.11 (consent calendar) — motion carried by voice vote, abstentions noted; approve services agreement with Access Rehab Centers LLC for speech and language therapy — motion carried, abstention declared afterwards by one commissioner.
