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Hammonton Town School District Board of Education

12 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 45 min · 3,326 students · 11 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 10, 2026
Board hears start-of-year school reports and acts on agenda itemsPlay 3:59
Newest meeting we have
Sep 10, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: John Lyons, President - Board of Education · Barbara Berenato, Board of Education · Luke Coia, Vice President-Board of Education · Steven DeStefano, Board of Education · Kelly Donio, Board of Education · Kelli Fallon, Board of Education · Gemma Giralo, Board of Education · Roe Hunter, Board of Education · Mickey Pullia, Board of Education · Christine Scola, Board of Education · John Thomas, Board of Education

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 · 43 minThursday, September 10, 2026Board hears start-of-year school reports and acts on agenda itemsPhones in schoolSpeakers: Luke Coia, Barbara Berenato, Steven DeStefano, Kelli Fallon and 2 more
Play 3:59
Board meeting · 27 minThursday, August 13, 2026Board approves finance items 1 through 52Chronic absenteeismPhones in schoolReading and test scoresSpeakers: Barbara Berenato, Roe Hunter, John Thomas
Play 19:03
Board meeting · 21 minThursday, July 9, 2026School board approves motion on student internet-enabled devices policyPhones in schoolSpeakers: John Lyons
Play 15:59
Board meeting · 47 minThursday, June 18, 2026Speakers: John Lyons, Luke Coia, Barbara Berenato, Roe Hunter and 2 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 13, 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
John LyonsPresident - Board of Education · runs the meeting, not rankedShare2.7min, at least5 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Barbara BerenatoBoard of EducationShare1.1min, at least8 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Luke CoiaVice President-Board of EducationShare1.1min, at least5 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Steven DeStefanoBoard of Education · We could name only 6% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.0min, at least2 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Kelly DonioBoard of EducationShare1.0min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Kelli FallonBoard of EducationShare0.5min, at least4 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Gemma GiraloBoard of EducationShare0.4min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Roe HunterBoard of Education · We could name only 28% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least5 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Mickey PulliaBoard of Education · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.4min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Christine ScolaBoard of EducationShare0.8min, at least4 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
John ThomasBoard of Education · We could name only 23% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least2 of 9meetings 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

November 13, 2025

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read; phones came up at 4 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

Public comment11%3%–19%
Ceremony and recognition10%0%–25%
Budget and finance8%1%–19%
Safety and discipline0%0%–3%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 32% 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 12; 8 had at least one. The busiest, on Jun 18, 2026, heard from 8.

    8 on Jun 18, 20268 speakers4 speakers2 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 11 of the 12 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 10Aug 13Jul 9Jun 18May 14Apr 30Apr 16Mar 12Feb 12Dec 16Dec 11Nov 13
    John LyonsNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresent
    Kelli FallonPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Kelly DonioNot recordedPresentNot shownNot shownPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Luke CoiaPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Barbara BerenatoPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Steven DeStefanoPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Gemma GiraloPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Roe HunterPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresent
    Mickey PulliaPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Christine ScolaNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shown
    John ThomasPresentPresentNot shownNot shownPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot shownPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 3406570 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district