CorpusRecord 28590

3/1/23 Special Board of Education Meeting

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Source
YouTube / hatters tv
Date
2023-03-02
Location
Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT
Material
Transcript
Extent
607 words · about 4 min
Collected
2026-06-05

Transcript

Verbatim source text

001Teresa Michelle here okay here Gladys here Warren here um Jesse Yeah Bridget here Julie here Ralph he's here but not in the room and Luisa here all right so in the interest of time some um most of the board members were here through the committee meeting so no need I guess for another presentation but I'd like to open it back up for any questions that were carried over or you got anyone had for anyone here in this meeting and then we can move on to um the action item is everybody okay with that yes I have a question that was just talking through and it came into timing so the high school kids they start at School [Music] around seven oh five now seven on five so the middle school is going to start at

002what time when this from the academy is 7 25 700 but you know the issue is really around you know the start time for the buildings shared components of the school and so we'll have to what that's going to have to change yeah so they'll be bust and separate buses they won't mix we've got the timing of the drop off could be the same or could be a little staggered because I could see bottleneck you know sometimes support chair if there are no further questions before and I just want to make a quick statement regarding the two respect the teams in the background so one I I would like to thank Elaine and his team um we've had some experience working with uh Friar previously I'm glad I want to thank you and your team

003um every time we're called in for questions you you and your team present these things a very sizable sizable bites that the team and I can kind of comprehend and um help along with you in the city of Danbury make decisions to help continue to move this project forward so I want to thank you and your team for that we look forward to these next couple of phases in our continued world and then secondly Antonio I want to thank you and your team I Know Dan to your left and Tom to your writer here the team and I um genuinely appreciate working with all the folks on your team it's truly been collaborative in nature and the fact that you guys are shepherding this us through this project could be in better hands so we

004want to thank you for your leadership and Etc and really look forward to the delivery of a First-Class facility and to the point that you made earlier in your presentation we know this is going to benefit all the city of Danbury most importantly on the kids who were going through certain so thank you so much wheelchair that that is it I just wanted to make sure I was on record found an opportunity to thank both research you want to have any other questions I'm just excited I agree I agree I mean I know I missed most of the presentation but I've worked with Antonio before on the high school edition in west side and stuff like that and I know um just a second kind of what Kevin said is that you guys put your

005heart and soul into this I know you're on uh you know deadlines and stuff like this and we try to accommodate it as best as we can and I like the good working relationship that the board has had you know with with the city and you guys over the last uh years now so um I am excited too this is it's a great uh it's a great opportunity overall and I'm glad that um you know Danbury is doing no one else has any questions I'd like to at least the um motion yes sir motion that the Board of Education authorizes the chairperson of the Board of Education and the superintendent of schools to improve the final plans specifications and cost estimate for phase two of the Danbury Career Academy project and sign the scg-042 forms

006for submission to the state of Connecticut office a school Construction Grants and review for approval in accordance with exhibits on file in the bbac Orient ation by Warren any discussion uh almost in favor um what was opposed and the abstentions okay do we hear him hi oh sorry about that no problem come on uh anyway um so uh motion motion passes and I'd like to thank you guys again is there a motion to adjourn made by Teresa second by Michelle all's in favor all right all right shortest meeting in history

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