Board of Education 10/08/2026

The North Haven Board of Education’s regular meeting on October 8, 2026, included procurement and budget updates. The district and town are actively conducting an energy-savings performance RFP process covering school and municipal buildings, including potential boiler and HVAC upgrades, lighting and water audits, building-envelope improvements, and solar. No vendor has been selected and the district is not committed to a project; the process calls for selecting a firm for a comprehensive energy audit before any project approval. The board also considered a motion to ratify the North Haven Administrator Association contract for July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2030; the transcript does not capture the vote outcome. The finance report noted that about 30% of the annual budget was committed after three months, federal grants were approximately $140,000 below the prior fiscal year, and medical and dental reserves were about $200,000 below the actuarially recommended minimum. A spending freeze remained a possibility. The board approved the monthly financial report with recommended transfers and accepted a $500 STEM donation from Global Partners LP in partnership with ExxonMobil. A separate offer of donated Chromebook and iPad charging stations was described, but its approval is not clear in the transcript.

The board approved several student trips, including a hockey trip to Cranston, basketball and class trips to New York City, a DECA trip to Anaheim, a culinary trip to Orlando, and an enrichment trip to Greece in April 2028. The district said trip costs would be covered through club and team fundraising, Perkins funding for fashion and photography, and a grant for either culinary or music—not the district’s field-trip budget. The superintendent also reported that a speech-language-pathology contractor was providing 1.5 days of coverage while a staff member was on leave. Other discussion included a presentation on the athletic handbook, public comment about a reported team visit to a church, and school safety and student-support updates; no procurement action was identified in those discussions.