Suffield school board to review its goals at Oct. 19 retreat

SUFFIELD - The Suffield Board of Education will hold a retreat at its regular meeting Monday, Oct. 19, according to the meeting agenda posted on the district's website. The agenda lists a pre-retreat dinner at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Suffield by the River Conference Room.

Board members are scheduled to review and discuss the board's goals and priorities and to hear the superintendent's report. The agenda also lists a team-building activity and a closing period for reflection and questions. It does not list any votes or a public comment period.

The board's current goals, approved July 14, 2025, according to the district's goals page, run through 2028 and cover five areas: student achievement, teaching and learning, safe and supportive schools, family and community engagement, and fiscal stewardship.

Families can find the agenda on the district's Board of Education agendas page.

Source: Suffield Board of Education, Oct. 19, 2026 regular meeting agenda (https://www.suffield.org/district/board-of-education/agendas/agendas-posts-page/~board/boe-agendas/post/october-19-2026-board-of-education-meeting-agenda-1792176500125; PDF https://www.suffield.org/fs/resource-manager/view/45148243-c4a4-4012-89a1-b17643c4f96c); Suffield Board of Education Goals 2025-2028 (https://www.suffield.org/district/board-of-education/2025-2028-boe-goals)

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