Board of Education – Sep 9, 2026, 7:00 PM
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What was decided
The board approved two AP curriculum items, AP Statistics and AP Chemistry revisions, and two textbooks. It also approved several policy revisions and rescissions, a consent agenda of personnel and grant items, and tabled two committee appointments. Presentations covered a projected $2.4 million deficit and student assessment results.
Show all 17 votes in order
- Approved The August 5, 2026 Regular Meeting Minutes as written, 7-0-1. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The August 12, 2026 Special Meeting Minutes, 6-0-2. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The consent agenda, including personnel items and grants 7.1.a through 7.2.h, unanimously. page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The new AP Cybersecurity curriculum, unanimously. page 6 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The AP Statistics curriculum revision, unanimously. page 7 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The AP Chemistry curriculum revision, unanimously. page 7 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The AP Statistics textbook and waived the second reading, unanimously. page 7 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The Media Freedom and Power textbook and waived the second reading, unanimously. page 8 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Revisions to Policy 5142, School Safety: Preparation, Response, and After Action. page 8 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Rescinded Policy 5141.6, Crisis Management. page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Rescinded Policy 6114, Emergencies and Disaster Preparedness. page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Rescinded Regulation 5131.914, School Climate. page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Revisions to Policy 5131.8, Out of School Misconduct. page 10 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Revisions to Policy 5141.5, Suicide Prevention and Intervention. page 10 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Revisions to Policy 5141.24, Students/Staff with HIV or AIDS. page 10 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Robert Parenti as the board committee liaison for the BEHS Roof Committee, unanimously. page 11 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Tabled Appointments to the Policy Committee and School Safety Committee, unanimously. page 11 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved AP Cybersecurity New Curriculum page 6 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved AP Statistics curriculum revision page 7 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved AP Chemistry curriculum revision page 7 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved AP Statistics textbook, The Practice of Statistics for the AP Course The AP Statistics textbook and waived the second reading, unanimously. page 7 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Media Freedom and Power textbook, 3rd Edition The Media Freedom and Power textbook and waived the second reading, unanimously. page 8 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Policy 5142, School Safety: Preparation, Response, and After Action page 8 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Policy 5141.6, Crisis Management page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Policy 6114, Emergencies and Disaster Preparedness page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Regulation 5131.914, School Climate page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Policy 5131.8, Out of School Misconduct page 10 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Policy 5141.5, Suicide Prevention and Intervention page 10 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Policy 5141.24, Students/Staff with HIV or AIDS page 10 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
Also voted on
- Approved The August 5, 2026 Regular Meeting Minutes as written, 7-0-1. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The August 12, 2026 Special Meeting Minutes, 6-0-2. page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved The consent agenda, including personnel items and grants 7.1.a through 7.2.h, unanimously. page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Approved Robert Parenti as the board committee liaison for the BEHS Roof Committee, unanimously. page 11 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
- Tabled Appointments to the Policy Committee and School Safety Committee, unanimously. page 11 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
Agenda
The agenda lists policy changes on school safety, crisis management, and suicide prevention. It also covers new AP curriculum, textbook adoption, staff hires, and grant applications.
Meeting details
- Where
- BOE Auditorium and via Zoom Meeting Platform, 129 Church Street, Bristol, CT 06010
Terms used here
- consent agenda
- Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.
- tabled
- Set aside by a vote, to take up later. A tabled item comes back when the board votes to take it off the table.
About this page
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Summary written by AI from the agenda posted by Bristol Public Schools (opens in new tab). Checked against the city's PDF. Check the original before relying on it. How summaries are checked
The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.
Agenda posted on BoardBook (PDF, 107 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved .
This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.
- Regular BOE Meeting (opens in new tab), on the school district's website
- Board of Education Meeting (opens in new tab), on the school district's meeting portal
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