001would everyone please stand for the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united liberty and justice thank you i know that's a little choppy over over a zoo okay we have just one item on the agenda this evening um and i will look to our policy committee chair to give us a recommendation and make a motion um this is mostly for the record because i think most everybody here was also on that call um but for the record madam chair the policy committee met at seven o'clock this evening um we've heard from cara prenti the city of danbury health director uh from kathy o'dowd and from our superintendent mr wallston regarding the emergency coveted measures that were had remained in place um we had repealed one policy a couple months ago
002if everybody recalls but the policy committee voted to recommend to the board the full board that we repeal policy 1250 policy five one four one point eight six one one four point eight two um the most important one of those is 5141.8 which is the mask requirement um with the repeal the choice to wear a mask would then be optional for a student or a teacher they obviously they'd retain the right to wear one if they wanted to but the mandate would be gone um i will make a motion of that effect that i suck in it and i have to actually i actually have to state it for the record i thought that we repeal policies twelve fifty five one four one point eight and six one one four point eight two which will
003eliminate the mass mandate and make the wearing of masks optional or voluntary by teachers or students madam chair i'd like to second that motion i already seconded silva um i will do a roll call uh out of out of alphabetical order because that's what i have in front of me uh rachel chaleski is an i lauren daly is absent catherine hodgson yes theresa would say i vote yes to repeal thank you teresa yes to repeal michelle yes for choice kay canetta hi gladys cooper hi joe da silva hi bridget guertin albert russo and luisa is a gorgeous britain hi it's unanimous motion passed all right um i do just want to thank everyone for their patience and doing their due diligence and awaiting all of the guidance that we said we were going to receive
004i know we were all under um a lot of a lot of pressure um so i do appreciate all of you in your in the thoughtful discussions that we were able to have so uh with that i would like to uh ask for a motion to adjourn your help by kate seconded by teresa all those in favor please signify by saying aye thank you all for coming out on such short notice thank