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At the February 11, 2026 Board of Education meeting the superintendent said on the record that for six years the First Selectman, sitting ex officio, has publicly questioned her, the board, the teachers and the principal "every single time" (~2:00:39). The First Selectman replied that he "just started to attend board of education meetings in October," pointing to the recordings for the earlier years (~2:01:23). Asked as the ex officio member where he would cut the school's budget, he restated his standing request for detailed line-item information and named salaries as the main increase (~2:19:13).