Cromwell School District Board of Education

10 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · 1,904 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 13, 2026: Cromwell school board hears curriculum, ESS and facilities updates Play 1:01:43
Newest meeting we have: Oct 13, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Alyssa Goduti, Chair · Laurie Cantwell, Board member · Kelly Franklin, Board member · Stephen Heizman, Board member · Jessica Lamb, Board member · Donna Mattei, Board member · Kathryn Russ, Secretary · Alan Schumann, Board member · Matt Zabroski, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 45 minTuesday, October 13, 2026Cromwell school board hears curriculum, ESS and facilities updatesReading and test scoresSpeakers: Laurie Cantwell, Donna Mattei, Matt Zabroski

Play 1:01:43

Board meeting · 2 h 08 minTuesday, June 2, 2026Speakers: Kathryn Russ, Laurie Cantwell, Jessica Lamb, Donna Mattei and 2 more

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Board meeting · 41 minMonday, June 1, 2026Speakers: Kathryn Russ, Laurie Cantwell, Alan Schumann, Matt Zabroski

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Board meeting · 1 h 39 minTuesday, April 7, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Laurie Cantwell, Stephen Heizman, Jessica Lamb, Donna Mattei and 1 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Mar 10, 2026 – Oct 13, 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

Alyssa GodutiChair · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Members · listed by seat

Laurie CantwellBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.6min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Kelly FranklinBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Stephen HeizmanBoard member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.1min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Jessica LambBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.9min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Donna MatteiBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.3min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Kathryn RussSecretary · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.6min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Alan SchumannBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Matt ZabroskiBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.9min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.8questions 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 10 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance21%8%–33%

Ceremony and recognition7%2%–11%

Public comment4%1%–8%

Safety and discipline0%0%–18%

The two readers didn’t agree on 18% 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 10 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 10; 5 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker1.6 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 10 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 13	Jun 2	Jun 1	Apr 7	Mar 10
Matt Zabroski	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Kathryn Russ	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Stephen Heizman	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Laurie Cantwell	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Donna Mattei	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Alan Schumann	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0900990 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district