20:02 → 21:36(1m 34s)
Board President Sreede Chitoor opened the meeting, listed attending members, noted the meeting is livestreamed and that the agenda and documents are available at albanyschools.org/boe, invited the room to recite the pledge of allegiance, and described public comment sign-up and formats (in-person, voicemail, web form).
The Albany City School District Board of Education held a regularly scheduled meeting that included student reports, presentations from Hackett Middle School on a student experiment selected for the International Space Station, district-wide updates (including a new assistant superintendent appointment and community outreach), public comments on prom consolidation and special education concerns, routine consent approval including a new director of recruitment, a policy discussion on pre-K enrollment that was tabled, and extended presentations on equity/Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education (CRE) and English & language services.
