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Milpitas Unified Board adopts resolution honoring first responders, designates Sept. 11 as Patriots Day
Summary
At a Sept. 9, 2025 meeting, the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education adopted Resolution 2026.5, read by cadet Ernesto Smingo, to honor first responders and recognize Sept. 11 as a national day of service and remembrance; the transcript indicates adoption but does not record the vote tally.
Ernesto Smingo, a cadet chief petty officer with the NJRTC program at Milius High School, read Resolution 2026.5 at a Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Sept. 9, 2025. The resolution honors first responders and recognizes September 11 as "Patriots Day, a national day of service and remembrance."
The resolution’s preamble, read aloud by Smingo, recounts the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and states that the attacks "killed 2,977 people and injured more than 6,000 others." It also describes the immediate response by firefighters, uniformed officers, emergency medical personnel, physicians, nurses, military personnel, and later recovery workers, and notes that many responders and survivors continue to suffer long-term medical and emotional effects.
The reading cites federal recognition established in 2009 by the bipartisan Serve America Act, noting that Congress and the president designated Sept. 11 a national day of service and remembrance. The resolution calls on the district to join other communities in condemning the attacks, honoring the selfless actions of first responders, and observing the day through "appropriate and personal expressions of service and reflection," such as performing good deeds, displaying the U.S. flag, attending memorial services, or engaging in charitable activities.
The transcript indicates that the resolution was "passed and adopted by the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education at a meeting held on September 9th, 2025 by the following vote." The transcript does not include the vote tally, the names of a mover or seconder, or any recorded debate on the measure. The board’s formal record or minutes would be the source for a full vote count and any associated motions or amendments.
The presentation was delivered by a student representative of the NJRTC program; the board’s next procedural steps or related agenda items were not recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
