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Garrison Union Free School District Board of Education

18 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 06 min · 217 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 16, 2026
Garrison board hears 2026 state test data showing 81% math proficiencyPlay 13:53
Newest meeting we have
Sep 16, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Dan Jasnow, President · Ted A'Zary, Trustee · Eric Arnold, Trustee · Jennifer Harriton-Wilson, Trustee · Kent Schacht, Trustee · Sarah Tormey, Trustee

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 · 1 h 33 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Garrison board hears 2026 state test data showing 81% math proficiencyReading and test scoresSpeakers: Peter Lesser, Ted A'Zary, Jennifer Harriton-Wilson, Sarah Tormey
Play 13:53
Board meeting · 1 h 00 minWednesday, September 2, 2026Garrison school board reviews 2026-27 goals, plans task forces on communications and reserve fundsAI in schoolsPhones in schoolSpeakers: Peter Lesser, Ted A'Zary, Jennifer Harriton-Wilson, Sarah Tormey
Play 36:17
Board meeting · 1 h 46 minWednesday, August 19, 2026Garrison staff outline plan for all 8th graders to take algebra in 2027-2028Safety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Peter Lesser, Eric Arnold, Kent Schacht, Sarah Tormey
Play 17:55
Board meeting · 58 minWednesday, July 15, 2026Speakers: Dan Jasnow, Eric Arnold, Ted A'Zary, Sarah Tormey
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 12, 2025 – Sep 16, 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
Dan JasnowPresident · runs the meeting, not rankedShare3.9min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart5.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Ted A'ZaryTrustee · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.3min, at least4 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Eric ArnoldTrustee · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.4min, at least5 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Jennifer Harriton-WilsonTrustee · We could name only 27% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.0min, at least7 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Peter LesserVice PresidentShare1.2min, at least8 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Kent SchachtTrustee · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.0min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Sarah TormeyTrusteeShare1.5min, at least9 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions 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 18 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

September 2, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance10%3%–19%
Safety and discipline5%0%–13%
Ceremony and recognition1%0%–3%
Public comment0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 28% 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 18 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 12; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Jun 3, 2026, heard from 1.

    1 on Jun 3, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 12 of the 18 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 16Sep 2Aug 19Jul 15Jun 3Apr 21Mar 4Feb 11Jan 21Jan 7Dec 10Nov 12
    Jennifer Harriton-WilsonPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Dan JasnowNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Peter LesserPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Eric ArnoldPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Ted A'ZaryPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Kent SchachtPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recorded
    Sarah TormeyPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 3611860 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district