Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education

12 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 59 min · 10,250 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 27, 2026: Freehold Regional board approves superintendent contract running until June 30, 2030 Play 3:44
Newest meeting we have: Aug 27, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Jamie Bruno, Vice President · Peter Bruno, Board member · Elizabeth Higley, Board member · Kathie Lavin, Board member · Amanda McCobb, 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 · 54 minThursday, August 27, 2026Freehold Regional board approves superintendent contract running until June 30, 2030Chronic absenteeismPhones in schoolReading and test scoresSpeakers: Michael Messinger, Peter Bruno, Diana Cappiello, Elizabeth Higley

Play 3:44

Board meeting · 44 minThursday, July 9, 2026Freehold Regional board holds roll call on Colts Neck appointment; new member sworn inPhones in schoolSpeakers: Michael Messinger, Peter Bruno, Diana Cappiello, Alison De Noia and 2 more

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Board meeting · 36 minThursday, June 18, 2026Freehold Regional superintendent reports safety data, attendance rule for final exam exemptionsChronic absenteeismSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Michael Messinger, Zack Metzger

Play 3:05

Board meeting · 1 h 33 minThursday, May 7, 2026Speakers: Diana Cappiello, Elizabeth Higley, Zack Metzger

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 6 board meetings, Jan 6, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 57% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 57% of members’ speaking time named (35%–81%)

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

Michael MessingerPresident · Marlboro Township · runs the meeting, not ranked5.9min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Alison De NoiaBoard member · Colts Neck Township · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.8min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Diana CappielloBoard member · Englishtown Borough · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.4min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Kathie LavinBoard member · Farmingdale Borough · 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

Amanda McCobbBoard member · Freehold Borough · 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

Elizabeth HigleyBoard member · Freehold Township · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.7min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Peter BrunoBoard member · Howell Township · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.4min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Zack MetzgerBoard member · Howell Township · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.7min, at least3 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Jamie BrunoVice President · Manalapan Township · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least1 of 3meetings 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 12 meetings on our record

On the map · Phones in school

April 30, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read; phones came up at 3 of its meetings. A faint dot on the map: we had read too few of its earlier meetings to call it new.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition19%0%–37%

Budget and finance5%0%–12%

Public comment4%1%–10%

Safety and discipline0%0%–21%

The two readers didn’t agree on 44% 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 12 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 10; 4 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0.6 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 12 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Aug 27	Jul 9	Jun 18	May 7	Apr 30	Jan 6
Michael Messinger	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Diana Cappiello	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Zack Metzger	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Alison De Noia	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Elizabeth Higley	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Jamie Bruno	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Peter Bruno	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Kathie Lavin	Present	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Amanda McCobb	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3405610 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district