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Bedford School Committee

13 meetings on our record, 11 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · typical meeting 1 h 56 min · 2,559 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 22, 2026
Bedford School Committee accepts $500,000 federal world language grantPlay 50:38
Newest meeting we have
Sep 22, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Brad Morrison, Chair · Wendy Short Carlton, Member · Sarah McGinley, Member · Sheila Mehta-Green, Secretary · Angel Pettitt, Vice Chair

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source
Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Committee meeting · 1 h 09 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Bedford School Committee accepts $500,000 federal world language grantSpeakers: Sarah McGinley, Angel Pettitt, Sheila Mehta-Green, Wendy Short Carlton
Play 50:38
Committee meeting · 2 h 33 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Bedford School Committee approves superintendent goals and Year 3 strategic action planSpeakers: Sarah McGinley, Angel Pettitt, Sheila Mehta-Green, Wendy Short Carlton
Play 2:11:54
Committee meeting · 2 h 15 minTuesday, June 9, 2026Bedford School Committee approves special education fund transfer of up to $250,000Speakers: Sarah McGinley, Angel Pettitt, Sheila Mehta-Green, Brad Morrison and 1 more
Play 1:43:13
Committee meeting · 3 h 19 minTuesday, May 19, 2026Speakers: Sarah McGinley, Angel Pettitt, Sheila Mehta-Green, Wendy Short Carlton
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 0 board meetings, last 12 months · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.
Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting
Brad MorrisonChair · at-large · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart5.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Wendy Short CarltonMember · at-large · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Sarah McGinleyMember · at-large · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Sheila Mehta-GreenSecretary · at-large · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Angel PettittVice Chair · at-large · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record
All 13 meetings on our record
Public comment

Of the 13 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 11; 8 had at least one. The busiest, on May 19, 2026, heard from 9.

9 on May 19, 20269 speakers5 speakers2.6 a meeting on average
Attendance

The roll call at 10 of the 13 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
MemberSep 22Sep 8Jun 9May 19May 5Apr 14Apr 6Mar 10Feb 10Jan 27Jan 13
Angel PettittPresentNot shownNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
Brad MorrisonPresentPresentNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
Wendy Short CarltonNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresent
Sheila Mehta-GreenPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
Sarah McGinleyPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2502400 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district