New Haven board forwards contract with Cornell Scott, legal increase and three purchase orders to full board
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Summary
At a brief New Haven School District meeting, the board voted to forward one agreement, two contract amendments and three purchase orders to the full board; items include adding Beecher School to a Cornell Scott school-based health MOA and raising the cap on outside legal services.
The New Haven School District board voted during a short meeting to forward one agreement, two contract amendments and three purchase orders to the full board for approval.
Chair Wilcox moved that the board send “these 1 agreement, these 2 amendments, and these 3 purchase orders” on to the full board; the motion was seconded and carried after affirmative votes were recorded. Dr. Yarbrough recorded a “yes” and Chair Wilcox said he was also “yes,” and Wilcox announced the motion carried.
One amendment (4.01) adds Beecher School to the district’s existing school-based health contract with Cornell Scott. Miss Peters said the memorandum of agreement includes language required by HRSA, the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, to clarify clinical operations and the respective roles of the school and the health center before Cornell Scott can add the site.
Another amendment (4.02) would raise the not-to-exceed amount for outside legal services with the district’s long-used firm (recorded in the transcript as Shipman & Goodwin). Doctor White said the district has already spent most of the current allocation and that “there's approximately $30,000 left in the account.” Board members asked staff to provide historical spending figures for the firm, and Doctor Negron said staff would verify prior-year totals.
Doctor White also presented three purchase orders: playground safety work at Barnard with ME O'Brien & Sons and controls upgrades with Connecticut Controls to modernize HVAC monitoring and allow remote adjustments so classrooms need not be moved or evacuated when systems fail. White described the Barnard work as safety-focused because that playground’s surfacing is degraded.
Wilcox requested backup documentation on the emergency-contract and legal-cost items for the next Finance & Legal meeting. Doctor Negron said staff would supply supporting reports and verify the historical invoice details before the full board takes up the items.
The items will be considered by the full board at the next scheduled meeting.
