Bridgeport School District Board of Education

44 meetings on our record, 16 of them from the past year and 28 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 50 min · 19,591 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026: Board meeting, 3 h 22 min
Newest meeting we have: Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Jowanne Burks-Jennings, Member · Lamond Daniels, Member · Andre Woodson, Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 22 minMonday, September 28, 2026Chronic absenteeismEnrollmentSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Jennifer Perez, Albert Benejan Grajales, Willie Medina, Robert J. Traber and 1 more

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Special meeting · 1 h 24 minMonday, September 21, 2026Speakers: Joseph Sokolovic, Maritza Estremera Jimenez, Albert Benejan Grajales, Jowanne Burks-Jennings and 2 more

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Special meeting · 1 h 54 minThursday, September 10, 2026Speakers: Joseph Sokolovic, Albert Benejan Grajales, Jowanne Burks-Jennings, Willie Medina and 1 more

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Board meeting · 1 h 41 minMonday, August 24, 2026Speakers: Joseph Sokolovic, Maritza Estremera Jimenez, Albert Benejan Grajales, Jowanne Burks-Jennings and 2 more

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Who does the talking

Robert J. Traber or Maritza Estremera Jimenez spoke the most of the 5 members we rank on the Bridgeport School District board; the ranges can't say which

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 10 board meetings, May 11, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

A ranking, with its marginEarly readLess of this board's speech is named so far, so its ranks are wider. Each rank is a 90% range across 10 resampled meetings, so "2nd–4th" means the data can't place them more exactly. The ranges may widen as we name more of the speech.

Coverage: about 68% of members’ speaking time named (52%–69%)

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

—Jennifer PerezChair · runs the meeting, not ranked2.0min, at least2 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · ranked by minutes per meeting

1st–2ndRobert J. TraberMember8.5min, at least10 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated37%of the members’ talking · 18%–53%3.6questions asked per meeting, at least

1st–5thMaritza Estremera JimenezSecretary6.0min, at least8 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated26%of the members’ talking · 16%–37%2.8questions asked per meeting, at least

2nd–5thJoseph SokolovicVice-Chair4.6min, at least7 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated20%of the members’ talking · 12%–31%5.1questions asked per meeting, at least

2nd–5thWillie MedinaMember2.3min, at least7 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated9%of the members’ talking · 6%–23%3.4questions asked per meeting, at least

2nd–5thAlbert Benejan GrajalesMember1.6min, at least7 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated6%of the members’ talking · 4%–20%1.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · not ranked

—Jowanne Burks-JenningsMember · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

—Lamond DanielsMember · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

—Andre WoodsonMember · We could name only 10% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.4min, at least5 of 10meetings 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 · line = our margin: members whose lines overlap may sit in either order · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

All 44 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

I know I don't want people in staff and community and parents and students get stressed and depressed because we're gonna do I don't want they think that we're gonna give layoff. …Albert Benejan GrajalesMember · Bridgeport School District Board of Education · Jun 3, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:43:34
If we don't receive $10 million. …Joseph SokolovicVice-Chair · Bridgeport School District Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 52:15
We all understand that the reason the state is building up its surplus is to pay off state irresponsibility with regard to handling its pension fund for so many decades that it's now trying to catch up on payments that it hadn't been making to the state employee pension funds. …Robert J. TraberMember · Bridgeport School District Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 46:00

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance13%3%–26%

Public comment5%2%–10%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–1%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 19% 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 44 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 30; 11 had at least one.

6 speakers3 speakers1.5 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 10 of the 44 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 28	Sep 21	Sep 10	Aug 24	Aug 10	Aug 3	Jul 13	Jul 9	Jul 6	Jun 8	Jun 3	Jun 1	May 26	May 21	May 18	May 11
Jennifer Perez	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Joseph Sokolovic	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Robert J. Traber	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Willie Medina	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Maritza Estremera Jimenez	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Albert Benejan Grajales	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Andre Woodson	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
Jowanne Burks-Jennings	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Lamond Daniels	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0900450 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district