The Waterbury Board of Education approved a slate of consent calendar items and several no-cost agreements and program partnerships during its May 2025 meeting.

The board voted to approve consent calendar items 9.1 through 9.13, which included a memorandum of understanding with the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation; amendments and agreements for special education services (including contracts with Aspire Living and Learning Inc., Ben Bridal Academy, American School for the Deaf, Milestones Behavioral Services Inc., St. Vincent's Special Needs Center Inc., and Waterford Country School Inc.); an amendment to translation services with Linguistica International Inc.; truancy prevention services with the YMCA; a construction contract for playground resurfacing at Carrington Elementary School; and acceptance of elevator projects at Bunker Hill and Washington schools as complete. The motion to approve the consent calendar passed; the chair noted the motion carried with one abstention.

Earlier in the meeting, the board approved several committee-referred items individually. The board approved a no-cost concurrent enrollment agreement with Connecticut State Community College, Naugatuck Valley (a renaming of Naugatuck Valley Community College) to support student participation in the Perkins-supported College and Career Pathways (CCP) program. A commissioner clarified the agreement is no-cost to the district because Perkins grant funds will cover program costs.

The board also approved a no-cost education affiliation agreement with Benchmark Senior Living LLC to provide certified nurse assistant clinical hours to Waterbury students and a no-cost memorandum of understanding with the State Education Resource Center to support youth prevention efforts. The Committee on Finance reported approval of grant-related transportation agreements with the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments to purchase bicycles and equipment for student incentives and rewards.

Several motions were made by commissioners during committee reports and passed by voice vote. Specific votes were announced as "Aye" with motions carrying; in at least one consent vote the chair reported "1 abstention." No detailed roll-call vote totals or names of individual yes/no votes were recorded in the public transcript for these items.

The board also received superintendent notifications and committee updates, and commissioners discussed upcoming curriculum committee meetings and ongoing state legislative matters affecting home-schooling rules and programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion. No legislative changes were enacted by the board itself during the meeting.