Superintendent Dr. Compton presented a $43,002,028 proposed budget — a 4.7% increase — designed to maintain current staffing and services while trimming legal fees, supplies and insurance; the board agreed to advance the recommendation to the Board of Finance and scheduled another workshop, with no formal vote taken at this meeting.
Principal Laura Reed presented Bunge School's 2025–26 improvement plan emphasizing social‑emotional learning (RULER), targeted reading and math growth, and family engagement; presenters cited a 97.7% math target attainment for grade 4 and lower chronic absenteeism than state average.
Seniors and parents pressed the Seymour Board of Education to restore afternoon senior privileges and allow schedule changes; administrators said mass drop requests after staffing create undersized classes and said they will review individual circumstances while exploring longer-term scheduling fixes.
Board members and the superintendent pressed for a coordinated, multi‑year facilities plan addressing locker rooms, pool, track and roofing; they proposed inviting town officials and the facilities director to workshops and commissioning cost studies to inform any referendum decisions.
At its regular meeting the Seymour Board of Education ratified a three-year administrators’ contract, approved contracts for four school food-service managers and adopted the District 2627 calendar. Board members also raised concern about paraeducator shortages and asked for a market pay analysis.
The board approved multiple motions to restructure athletics stipends and positions — eliminating two assistant soccer positions and the assistant golf position (vacant), adding assistant indoor track and assistant tennis positions — and members asked for clearer Appendix D language and union memos before eliminating filled posts.
Seymour Middle School presented a school improvement plan that spotlights a controlled AI pilot and sets targets for social-emotional learning, academic growth and family engagement; administrators cited ethics lessons, teacher-led AI tools and measurable attendance and growth goals.
The Bungay building committee reported the district expects initial state approvals in December and final approval in June; if funding and approvals stay on schedule, the committee estimates school construction completion around September 2028.
Administrators and board members reviewed recent union negotiations, confirmed safety-plan submission, and discussed maintaining an incubator stipend for trial clubs; board members pressed for clearer Appendix D language and for a process when hiring paraeducators midyear.
The Seymour board moved to reorganize several athletics coaching positions. The board voted to eliminate two assistant soccer positions (7-0) and to add one assistant tennis position (recorded 6-0); other motions to restructure track and golf positions drew discussion about union rules and potential impacts on incumbents.