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Rocky Hill Board of Education unanimously approves 2025–26 budget assumptions and calendar
Summary
At its Sept. 19, 2024 meeting, the Rocky Hill Board of Education unanimously approved the 2025–2026 budget assumptions and budget calendar, a procedural step that sets the timeline for the district’s budget development; the board also approved prior minutes and adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
The Rocky Hill Board of Education on Sept. 19, 2024, unanimously approved the district’s 2025–2026 budget assumptions and the accompanying budget calendar at a meeting held in the Rocky Hill High School Auditorium.
Amber Tucker, board member, moved to approve the Consent Calendar item described as “Approval of 2025-2026 Budget Assumptions and Budget Calendar.” Jay Chhabra seconded the motion; the minutes record the vote as "FAVOR: ALL; MOTION CARRIED." The approval establishes the timeline and assumptions district staff will use to prepare the next fiscal year’s proposed budget.
The board meeting opened with a notation that minutes must comply with Connecticut General Statutes and that an original must be submitted to the Town Clerk within 48 hours of adjournment. The minutes list nine board members present, including Chairman Steven Slattery, and several district administrators: Superintendent Mark Zito, Ed.D.; Charles Zettergren, assistant superintendent for finance and operations; Wendy Durand, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction; Amy Stevenson, assistant superintendent for personnel and student services; and principals John Fote, Jason Maziarz, Dr. Anabelle Diaz and Scott Nozik.
In addition to the budget-calendar motion, the board approved prior minutes from its Aug. 22, 2024 meeting (moved by Amber Tucker, seconded by Maria Mennella) and took a five-minute recess earlier in the session (motion moved by Tucker and seconded by Maria Mennella). The meeting was adjourned after a motion by Sean Gavin, seconded by Jay Chhabra; the minutes record adjournment at 8:03 p.m.
The minutes do not include details of the specific budget assumptions (for example, enrollment projections, tax or grant assumptions, or proposed expenditure changes) nor do they list individual roll-call votes; the record notes only unanimous approval for the motions it records. The minutes also leave blank the fields for the time minutes were delivered to the Town Clerk and the Board of Education secretary’s signature.
Next steps: with the calendar and assumptions approved, district finance staff are expected to follow the recorded timeline to develop a proposed budget for board review and public hearings, per the district’s standard budget process.
