Jericho School District Board of Education

23 meetings on our record, 4 of them from the past year and 19 with unconfirmed dates · 3,242 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 8, 2026: Jericho officials address spoiled milk reports, outline behavioral threat assessment plan Play 3:04
Newest meeting we have: Oct 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Samuel Perlman, President · Divya Balachandar, Trustee · Ira Checkla, Trustee · Kenny Jin, Trustee · Jennifer Vartanov, Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 42 minThursday, October 8, 2026Jericho officials address spoiled milk reports, outline behavioral threat assessment planSafety, weapons and police

Board meeting · 50 minThursday, September 24, 2026Jericho auditor reports clean audit as board accepts schedules 5-0Speakers: Samuel Perlman

Board meeting · 50 minWednesday, September 9, 2026Jericho board hears presentations on strategic goals, teacher tenure and AI policyAI in schoolsSpeakers: Samuel Perlman

Board meetingMonday, August 10, 2026

The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 4 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingSamuel PerlmanPresident · shown, not ranked2meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 2 meetings · 1 clip

Members · listed by nameDivya BalachandarTrustee—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Ira ChecklaTrustee—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Kenny JinTrustee—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Jennifer VartanovVice President—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

All 23 meetings on our record

Clips

What Samuel Perlman said on Sep 9, 2026

Just to put some numbers up, so in terms of the teachers interview process, how many current faculty members would a prospective teacher meet during this process to be evaluated during the hiring process?Samuel PerlmanPresident · Jericho School District Board of Education · Sep 9, 2026Watch the full meeting from 36:02

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Safety and discipline3%0%–12%

Public comment3%0%–7%

Ceremony and recognition1%0%–4%

Budget and finance1%0%–4%

The two readers didn’t agree on 23% 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 23 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 2 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 3615810 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district