At the invitation-to-speak portion of Thursdays Milford School Committee meeting, a longtime parent urged the committee to fund campus aids at Milford High School after describing multiple student fights and saying staff did not intervene.

Helene Ciccone, who identified herself as a Milford Public Schools parent of 20 years, told the committee she was "shocked" to learn there is no dedicated campus-aid team at the high school and that she believes the lack of dedicated monitors has allowed recurring fights and vandalism in unsupervised areas such as bathrooms. Ciccone said the district has paid a visiting speaker roughly $10,000 a year for three years and suggested those funds might be reallocated to campus supervision. She said she would continue attending meetings until the committee addressed the concern.

Ciccone said she had video clips showing student fights and that at least one incident occurred at the end of the school day; she said staff did not recognize or intervene in the fights. "This needs to get fulfilled," Ciccone said, adding she would keep returning to the committee until action is taken.

In response, committee members declined to engage on the public comment beyond acknowledging the concern (to avoid open-meeting law constraints) but suggested next steps: bringing the issue to a future agenda so administration — the high school principal and dean of students — could present the districts current safety and supervision policies and protocols. The committee chair noted that involving the police department could be considered later and encouraged Ciccone to meet offline with a committee member to share footage and details for staff follow-up.

The committee did not take formal action on the comment at the meeting but agreed to consider a future agenda item to review safety protocols and any reported vandalism or incidents that would inform staffing needs such as campus aids.