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Jacob Day

Person Board of Education Trustee (newly seated 2026) 50 mentions
Spoken at: Board of Education (5 meetings, 2026-01 to 2026-09)
Name verified via: rag.db://meetings/66; rag.db://entities/Jacob_Day
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Croton-Harmon Union Free School District Budget Governor Hochul Board of Education Nikki Mukherjee Elizabeth Laird Omar Mayyasi Sarah Carrier Anamika Bhatnagar IDEA Committee
Transcript Board of Education Aug 6, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 98:08 →
Yeah. I I would agree. I'm generally supportive of the goals. I do think we need to, once they're adopted, really think about how we're gonna operationalize them, we're gonna track them, how we're gonna measure them because priorities without deadlin…
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Transcript Board of Education Aug 6, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 99:20 →
And I don't think the community at large knows a whole lot about New York Inspires and how big of a shift this is gonna be in New York State all across the whole state and how quickly that's coming and how many questions there still are about that an…
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Transcript Board of Education Aug 6, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 118:57 →
Do you wanna go again? Go around the room one more time. Sure. Can I get back that way? Can I start to say? Only because it's completely relevant to what Lori said. So just going back to New Inspires for a second. So we just talked about the timeline…
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Transcript Board of Education Jul 16, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 1:38 →
I, Jacob Day, do solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of The United States of the state of New York, and I will faithfully discharge the duties of the position of trustee of the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District Board of educat…
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Transcript Board of Education Jul 16, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 11:39 →
I'd like to nominate Omar Mayyasi for the office of the vice president. Omar is someone I've gotten to know over the last several weeks and and helped me onboarding. I've seen him in action in several of the board meetings that I've attended. I think…
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Transcript Board of Education Jul 16, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 41:48 →
of, you know, needing to come back? Is there a schedule that they have on their website to at least say, okay. This one I know I could go to every month, and this one I know I could go to every quarter just to get a sense, like, on a daily, weekly. I…
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Transcript CHUFSD Board of Education Candidate Forum 5/12/26 May 12, 2026 Jake Day SPEAKING 24:08 →
Thank you. I think that in order to best support our kids, we need to make sure that their input feels like they have the opportunity to thrive. I think that every kid should graduate from high school. Think it may take around the world. I think it b…
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Transcript CHUFSD Board of Education Candidate Forum 5/12/26 May 12, 2026 Jake Day SPEAKING 46:09 →
So as I said in the previous question to me, rigor means that every student of every ability is challenged whether they need, you know, extra assistance or whether they need, you know, more advanced classes. And I think that rigor is curriculum. And …
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Transcript CHUFSD Board of Education Candidate Forum 5/12/26 May 12, 2026 Jake Day SPEAKING 54:39 →
So obviously hate has no place in Croton, no place, in our schools. And I think that, you know, I've heard a lot in these four responses about setting policy and and, you know, the board's role and responsibility of doing that. What we're not talking…
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Transcript School Board Election Coverage Apr 23, 2026 Jake Day SPEAKING 43:25 →
the detrimental effects that it has on learning and can have on mental health, social emotional learning. Not in favor of outright bans. I think limits. I think regulation. I think, you know, smart policies are the answer. When it comes to what the b…
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Transcript School Board Election Coverage Apr 23, 2026 Jake Day SPEAKING 67:11 →
Okay. No. That's fine. Yeah. I I mean, what is there to say? I mean, I think it's pretty clear that the policy isn't being implemented effectively. It's pretty clear that it's not being enforced. I think there's a lot of credible evidence. I've talke…
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Transcript School Board Election Coverage Apr 23, 2026 Jake Day SPEAKING 86:49 →
So I'm gonna I'm gonna jump straight to the second part of that question, was concrete steps, because that's something I've been I've been looking forward to talking about, all night. So in my in my day job, I manage a a first time home buyer grant p…
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Transcript Board of Education Feb 12, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 42:16 →
Hi, good evening everybody. My name is Jacob Day. I live at 9wood Road in Croton. I want to thank you guys first of all for passing the resolution calling on Albany to fully fund universal prek. that was the right move. It mattered. Obviously, there'…
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Transcript Board of Education Feb 12, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 43:37 →
Does the district commit local funds to keep the program alive while we fight another year? If you issue a new RFP and no one responds, then what? Does prek simply end and we don't find out till April when it's too late to do anything about it? I'm a…
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Transcript Board of Education Jan 8, 2026 Jacob Day SPEAKING 41:44 →
my name is Jacob Day. I live at 91 Road. I just want to thank Superintendent Walker for listening to us tonight and giving us an update on UPK. We really look forward to what he has to say and for the transparency that you've given us in having these…
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