April 13, 2021 By Tom Tolen & Jon King / jking@whmi.com
At Monday nightâs Brighton Board of Education meeting, the board reached an informal consensus that future meetings will involve a hybrid format, in which board members will attend the meeting in person and the public will be able to participate in the meeting virtually.
Since last fall, the hybrid procedure has been the practice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But prior to this Mondayâs meeting, it was announced that those wishing to address the board for that meeting needed to fill out a form on the districtâs website and comment in person. School Board President Roger Meyers explained at the beginning of the meeting that the district had been advised to go to that format after the state orders allowing online public meetings expired on March 31st, while capacity requirements for indoor gatherings remain in effect until April 19th. Superintendent Outlaw said that they had since