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Eastford Board adopts policy updates, approves Title IV grant and authorizes budget transfers
Summary
At its Sept. 12 meeting the Eastford Board of Education unanimously approved submission of a Title IV grant, replaced multiple district policies with Shipman & Goodwin templates, adopted Policy 6173 on parental access to instructional material, and authorized FY2025 budget transfers reallocating roughly $88,000 across salary and purchased-services lines.
The Eastford Board of Education voted unanimously Sept. 12 to submit a Title IV grant application, replace a set of district policies with templates from the law firm Shipman & Goodwin, adopt a parental access-to-instructional-material policy and authorize several FY2025 budget transfers.
Chair Stephen Bowen called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the board moved, seconded and approved each item without dissent. Robert Ellsworth moved to approve the minutes of the Aug. 22, 2024 meeting, with Lauren Barlow seconding; that motion passed unanimously. Later, Barlow moved and Ellsworth seconded the motion to approve submission of the Title IV grant; the board voted in favor.
Why it matters: the Title IV program typically funds activities that support well-rounded educational opportunities and safe, healthy students; the board’s decision to pursue the grant opens the district to that potential funding stream but does not guarantee an award.
On policy matters, the board voted to replace Policy 3320 (Purchasing), Policies 4152/4252 (Family and Medical Leave), 5115 (Student Attendance, Truancy and Chronic Absenteeism), 5147 (Suicide Prevention and Intervention), 6177 (Enrollment in an Advanced Course or Program and Challenging Curriculum), and Bylaw 9323 (Construction and Posting of Agenda) with corresponding Shipman & Goodwin templates. The motion to replace the policies was moved by Lauren Barlow and seconded by Adam Minor and passed unanimously.
The board also adopted Policy 6173, Parental Access to Instructional Material, on a motion by Barlow, seconded by Minor. The meeting minutes record no amendments and no recorded objections.
Financial action: the board authorized several budget transfers within the FY2025 budget on a motion by Ellsworth, seconded by Barlow. The transfers included $34,282.40 from Teacher Salaries (Regular Programs) to Purchased Service, Certified Position; $3,979.24 and $48,839.76 shifting speech/language salary lines to purchased service accounts; two small transfers of $553.48 and $553.52 moving cyber liability insurance line items into property and liability insurance lines; and $990.00 moved from media equipment to instructional equipment for special education. The motion passed unanimously.
All motions recorded in the minutes passed unanimously; five members were present (Lauren Barlow, Stephen Bowen, Robert Ellsworth, Adam Minor and Jessica Perry, attending virtually) and two members were absent (Michael Bilica and Terry Cote). The meeting adjourned at 6:34 p.m.
What’s next: approval to submit the Title IV application does not guarantee funding; any awarded grant would be brought to the board with recommended use and implementation details.
