Berlin Board of Education

14 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · typical meeting 1 h 47 min · 2,661 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Berlin school board discusses e-bike policy and town ordinance for school property Play 28:56
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Julia Dennis, President · Vanessa D'Anna, Board Member · Brian DeLude, Board Member · Christina Elmani, Board Member · Melissa Gibbons, Secretary · Jennifer Jurgen, Board Member · Gina Nappi, Board Member · Jessica Patraw, Board Member · Peter Zarabozo, Board Member

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

Board meeting · 51 minMonday, September 14, 2026Berlin school board discusses e-bike policy and town ordinance for school propertySpeakers: Melissa Gibbons, Gina Nappi

Play 28:56

Board meeting · 54 minMonday, August 24, 2026Berlin school board sets non-resident tuition, raises athletic gate admission feesSpeakers: Melissa Gibbons, Peter Zarabozo, Vanessa D'Anna, Jennifer Jurgen

Play 35:51

Board meeting · 1 h 21 minMonday, July 6, 2026Budget cuts and layoffs

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Board meeting · 2 h 01 minMonday, June 8, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Melissa Gibbons, Peter Zarabozo, Vanessa D'Anna, Jennifer Jurgen and 2 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 24, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026 · 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

Julia DennisPresident · at-large · runs the meeting, not ranked4.2min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Vanessa D'AnnaBoard Member · at-large · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.3min, at least5 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Brian DeLudeBoard Member · at-large · We could name only 5% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Christina ElmaniBoard Member · at-large · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Melissa GibbonsSecretary · at-large · We could name only 20% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.8min, at least8 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Jennifer JurgenBoard Member · at-large · We could name only 20% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.8min, at least9 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Gina NappiBoard Member · at-large · We could name only 8% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.3min, at least6 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Jessica PatrawBoard Member · at-large · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Peter ZarabozoBoard Member · at-large · We could name only 15% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.5min, at least6 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions 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 14 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance29%18%–41%

Ceremony and recognition9%1%–21%

Public comment1%0%–4%

Safety and discipline1%0%–5%

The two readers didn’t agree on 15% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 14 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 6 had at least one. The busiest, on Jan 12, 2026, heard from 8.

8 on Jan 12, 20268 speakers4 speakers1.1 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 0900210 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district