Princeton Public School District board meeting, Apr 14, 2026
1 h 07 min · 5 public speakers
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What happened
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Princeton school board passes consent motion at special meeting 2:06
- The board met to approve referendum projects, and a district staff member said most of the agenda involved awarding bids and getting contractors on board. 2:06
- Speakers at public comment raised staff turnover, the Arts and Letters curriculum and class sizes at Little Brook, special education funding and the dual language program at Community Park. 20:54
- A district staff member responded on curriculum selection, special education funding and Community Park, and the board then voted on the consent items. 42:53
- The motion passed, and the board went into closed session. 1:06:06
Item by item (10)
- Opening and roll call 0:03
- Middle school reading project presentation 2:27
- Middle school staff said a student club read to 2nd graders at Community Park and Johnson Park as part of a reading project. 3:27
- A presenter said the Positive Reading Project at Princeton Middle School would gift copies of Testing the Ice and The Old Truck to Community Park, Johnson Park, Little Brook and Riverside, and planned to collaborate with Little Brook and Riverside starting in the '26-'27 school year. 9:24
- Referendum bids and personnel update 13:20
- A district staff member said the board would consider a conditional resolution for the middle school project because another contractor contested the bid and an emergency stay prevents construction from beginning. 13:24
- The staff member said the district received 47 applicants for the Little Brook principal position, with interviews planned for May 1st and a recommendation targeted for the May 19th board meeting. 13:24
- Asked who was on the interview committee, the staff member said it included administrative staff, Little Brook faculty and an alum, about 10 people total. 16:07
- Student request for fundraiser clinic 17:11
- Little Brook concerns and class sections 20:08
- A speaker at public comment raised staff turnover and morale at Little Brook, the Arts and Letters curriculum and plans to collapse classes next year. 20:54
- A district staff member said about 62 students in 4th grade would move from 4 sections to 3 sections. 24:03
- A speaker at the board table said the administration proposed 21 per class in 5th grade for the next school year. 25:29
- Public comment on curriculum, special education, dual language 26:52
- A speaker at public comment asked the board to involve teachers and parents more and to ensure support for curriculum implementation at Little Brook. 29:36
- Another speaker asked the board not to make up budget shortfalls through cuts affecting special education students. 30:45
- A speaker asked that a Community Park survey be sent as a standalone email and raised a need for more Spanish-speaking staff at the school. 34:35
- Staff response to public comment 38:52
- The staff member said the Community Park survey had drawn about 100 parent responses. 39:08
- A district staff member said 11 of the 12 teachers who piloted programs chose the program the district selected for English language arts. 40:22
- The staff member said the district had made no budgetary reduction related to special education and that its classification rate of about 14.9% is below the state average. 42:30
- Review of consent agenda items 45:57
- The speaker listed contracts for renovations at the high school, middle school and Little Brook, high school HVAC replacement going to the 2nd lowest bidder, and a solar purchase agreement. 45:57
- A speaker at the board table said the items included a summer school credit recovery option costing $250 for five weeks and 6 retiring employees with 92 years of experience. 46:15
- A staff member said the solar agreement was conditional because the district was waiting on paperwork. 51:27
- Second public comment on curriculum 52:21
- A speaker at public comment raised the need for a bilingual principal at a dual language school. 52:39
- Speakers at public comment said the Arts and Letters curriculum was rigid at the earliest grade levels and that teachers needed more support. 55:58
- A district staff member said the concerns were not new and that staff were working to address them. 1:03:08
- Consent vote and closed session 1:05:28
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Video: posted by the district as “Princeton Board of Education - April 14, 2026”