Mayor Malloy had an &quot;education liaison&quot;, who I believe was unpaid. She mostly worked with the pre-K program, but occasionally interacted with BOE members.  I&#039;m not sure attending BOE meetings is an efficient way to monitor BOE activities.  Perhaps a monthly meeting with the superintendent or the BOE president would be better.  I believe Malloy maintained an advisory relationship with the superintendents.  Don&#039;t know if Pavia is doing the same.

But as you said, the practice in CT generally has definitely been on the side of a separation of the mayor&#039;s office from BOE matters, and for good reasons.