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Board approves consent items and facility‑use agreements; fee‑waiver requests draw budget concerns
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Summary
The Waterbury Board of Education approved consent‑calendar items and facility‑use agreements, and approved custodial fee waivers after a brief debate in which a board member said the district faces a projected deficit and opposed waivers at this time.
The Waterbury Board of Education approved the consent calendar at its meeting at Waterbury Arts Magnet School, including Amendment 1 to an agreement with ESS Northeast LLC for substitute teachers and paraprofessional staffing services and a facility‑use agreement with the American Cancer Society.
Board members then considered facility‑use requests and custodial fee waiver petitions from community groups. A motion to permit use of school facilities by named groups was approved; the board also considered requests to waive custodial fees. One board member raised fiscal concerns, saying the district is “already in a deficit this coming year” and therefore could not support waiving fees at this time. Despite those concerns, the board approved the custodial fee waivers with two commissioners recorded as opposed.
The facility‑use approvals were described as being granted “subject to fees and insurance as required.” Specific events named in the discussion included WICC using Crosby Gym and community partners such as NEST, Bridge to Success and Chabad Lubavitch. Board members said they would discuss custodial fee policies at an upcoming facilities meeting (date referenced in discussion).
The votes on the consent calendar and facility requests were taken during the meeting; where roll‑call tallies were not read into the public record, the board recorded motions as carried. The board proceeded afterward to an executive session on personnel matters.
