Somers policy committee approves minutes and posts several policies for public comment

The Somers Board of Education Policy Committee met May 11, 2026, and approved the minutes of its March 23, 2026 meeting. The motion to approve the March minutes was recorded as moved by Sharon Goulet and seconded by Shane Manning; the committee adopted the motion by a 3-0 vote.

Committee members reviewed a slate of Board policies and recorded decisions on several items. The committee agreed to post a proposed new policy, 5112.01, on kindergarten waivers for public comment on May 26, 2026. It also recorded a decision to post policy 5131.81.1 (Personal Technology Use in Schools) for public comment on the same date.

The committee reviewed policy 9321.4 (Minor Matter, adopted 6/21/00) and recorded its intent to delete that policy; the deletion was noted for posting on May 26, 2026. Several other longstanding policies were reviewed and left unchanged, including 9325.1 (Meeting Conduct, Quorum), 9325.3 (Parliamentary Procedure), 9327 (Electronic Mail Communications), 9121 (Chair), 9131 (Committee of the Whole), 9326 (Minutes), 9000 (Role of Board and Members), 9325.5 (Requests for Information by Board Members), and 9270 (Conflict of Interest). Policies 9120 (Officers) and 9120.1 (Election) were listed for posting on May 26, 2026.

Members present were recorded as Anne Kirkpatrick, Shane Manning and Sharon Goulet; Mike Briggs is listed in the minutes as Board Chair and Dr. Galloway is listed under "Other." The minutes do not record any public testimony or extended debate on the policy items.

Next steps: the policies marked for posting will be released for public comment on May 26, 2026, per the committee's notation in the minutes.