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Fairfield School District Board of Education

11 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 48 min · 9,355 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 13, 2026
Fairfield board approves revised 2026-2027 student calendar, hears climate survey resultsPlay 18:23
Newest meeting we have
Oct 13, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Jennifer Maxon Kennelly, Board Chair · Kathrynanne Flynn, Board member · Jennifer Jacobsen, Board member · David Krasnoff, Board member · Jason Li, Board member · Tracey Rinaldi, 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 · 2 h 05 minTuesday, October 13, 2026Fairfield board approves revised 2026-2027 student calendar, hears climate survey resultsPhones in schoolSpeakers: Kathrynanne Flynn, Jennifer Jacobsen, David Krasnoff, Jason Li and 1 more
Play 18:23
Board meeting · 42 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Fairfield board approves two labor contracts and 401 plan changesAI in schoolsSpeakers: Nick Aysseh, Kathrynanne Flynn, Jacquelyn Bardenwerper, Jennifer Jacobsen and 1 more
Play 10:01
Board meeting · 3 h 30 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Fairfield school board approves 2027-2028 capital and non-recurring projectsSpeakers: Nick Aysseh, Kathrynanne Flynn, Jacquelyn Bardenwerper, Jennifer Jacobsen and 2 more
Play 2:16:59
Board meeting · 4 h 04 minTuesday, June 23, 2026Speakers: Nick Aysseh, Kathrynanne Flynn, Jacquelyn Bardenwerper, Jennifer Jacobsen and 2 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 6 board meetings, Mar 24, 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
Jennifer Maxon KennellyBoard Chair · 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
Nick AyssehBoard Vice Chair · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share3.4min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Jacquelyn BardenwerperBoard member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.6min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Kathrynanne FlynnBoard member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share8.4min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Jennifer JacobsenBoard member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share13.6min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked10.1questions asked per meeting, at least
David KrasnoffBoard member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share10.0min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Jason LiBoard member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.7min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Kristin O'NeillBoard member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.3min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Tracey RinaldiBoard member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.0min, at least0 of 6meetings 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 11 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

October 13, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

Watch the filmOpen the meeting
Watch at 3:51 on the district’s site ↗
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance11%4%–22%
Public comment4%2%–8%
Ceremony and recognition1%0%–3%
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 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 8 had at least one. The busiest, on Jun 23, 2026, heard from 21.

    21 on Jun 23, 202621 speakers11 speakers7.3 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 6 of the 11 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 13Sep 22Sep 8Jun 23Apr 28Mar 24
    David KrasnoffPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Kathrynanne FlynnPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresent
    Nick AyssehNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jacquelyn BardenwerperPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jennifer Maxon KennellyPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Kristin O'NeillPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jennifer JacobsenPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jason LiNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Tracey RinaldiPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 0901530 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district