East Islip Union Free School District board

15 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 37 min · 3,427 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 10, 2026: East Islip board considers appropriation changes for 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Play 10:04
Newest meeting we have: Sep 10, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Stephen A. Ruland, President · Jessica Ciampi, Trustee · Michael Dorgan, Vice President · Timothy Sassone, Trustee · Christopher Zachry, Trustee

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 12 minThursday, September 10, 2026East Islip board considers appropriation changes for 2025-2026 and 2026-2027Speakers: Stephen A. Ruland

Play 10:04

Board meetingThursday, August 13, 2026

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Board meetingWednesday, July 29, 2026

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Board meeting · 34 minTuesday, July 7, 2026East Islip school board opens 30-day review of safety plan and code of conduct updatesSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Michael Dorgan, Jessica Ciampi, Christopher Zachry

Play 21:49

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Dec 4, 2025 – Sep 10, 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

Stephen A. RulandPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked1.5min, at least3 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Jessica CiampiTrustee · 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

Michael DorganVice President · We could name only 3% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.1min, at least2 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Timothy SassoneTrustee · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Christopher ZachryTrustee · 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

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 15 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition27%14%–39%

Budget and finance11%3%–22%

Public comment2%0%–6%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 38% 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 15 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 21, 2026, heard from 2.

2 on Apr 21, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 3609720 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district