Groton School District Board of Education

55 meetings on our record, 14 of them from the past year and 41 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 55 min · 4,099 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026: Groton board approves facility use policy with rates effective January 2027 Play 3:38:08
Newest meeting we have: Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Beverly Washington, Chairperson · Andrea Ackerman, Board member · Sean Corcoran, Board member · Adrian Johnson, Vice Chairperson/Secretary · Mitchell Shinbrot, Board member · Ian Thomas, Board member · Jay Weitlauf, Board member · Jennifer White, Board member · Mike Whitney, 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 · 5 h 32 minMonday, September 28, 2026Groton board approves facility use policy with rates effective January 2027Chronic absenteeismAI in schoolsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Adrian Johnson, Andrea Ackerman, Mitchell Shinbrot, Ian Thomas and 2 more

Play 3:38:08

Committee meeting · 1 h 58 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Groton finance committee reviews $3,023,431.71 in budget transfers headed to full boardSpeakers: Jay Weitlauf, Jennifer White

Play 19:55

Committee meeting · 1 h 28 minMonday, September 21, 2026Speakers: Adrian Johnson, Andrea Ackerman, Mitchell Shinbrot, Ian Thomas

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Board meeting · 2 h 23 minMonday, September 14, 2026Speakers: Adrian Johnson, Andrea Ackerman, Sean Corcoran, Mitchell Shinbrot and 2 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 7 board meetings, Jun 10, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat7 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 64% of members’ speaking time named (49%–64%)

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

Beverly WashingtonChairperson · runs the meeting, not ranked2.6min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart15.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Adrian JohnsonVice Chairperson/Secretary · runs the meeting, not ranked11.4min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart6.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Andrea AckermanBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.1min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Sean CorcoranBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.5min, at least2 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Mitchell ShinbrotBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.1min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Ian ThomasBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 84.1min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Jay WeitlaufBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.5min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Jennifer WhiteBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 84.0min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Mike WhitneyBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 84.1min, at least4 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.8questions 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 55 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

I would personally like to see its own line item for security, and I just kind of say that all groups would be responsible for security services if additional security is deemed necessary by the superintendent or their designee.Adrian JohnsonVice Chairperson/Secretary · Groton School District Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 2:20:40

I think we just need to take the cuts that we've been handed and vote. …Jay WeitlaufBoard member · Groton School District Board of Education · Jun 10, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:36:01
I think we need to make these big cuts to get our budget in, in compliance with what the town is going to fund us. …Jay WeitlaufBoard member · Groton School District Board of Education · Jun 10, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:07:31
I think there's a wonderful grant, and I also recommend we build high-dosis tutoring into our budget for next year as well, our standard budget.Mike WhitneyBoard member · Groton School District Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 1:55:37
I think we ought to rename what we're calling it because we're calling it a wish list. …Andrea AckermanBoard member · Groton School District Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 2:53:10

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance36%20%–55%

Public comment2%0%–7%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 14% 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 55 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 31; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Sep 28, 2026, heard from 12.

12 on Sep 28, 202612 speakers6 speakers0.5 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 9 of the 55 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 28	Sep 22	Sep 21	Sep 14	Sep 8	Aug 26	Aug 24	Aug 13	Jun 15	Jun 10	Jun 8	Jun 2	May 18	May 5
Mitchell Shinbrot	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Andrea Ackerman	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Adrian Johnson	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
Beverly Washington	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
Jay Weitlauf	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Jennifer White	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Ian Thomas	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sean Corcoran	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Mike Whitney	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0901770 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district