Marple Newtown School District Board of School Directors

8 meetings on our record, 2 of them from the past year and 6 with unconfirmed dates · 3,925 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026: Administration recommends Calendar A, with students ending school June 8, 2028 Play 24:42
Newest meeting we have: Sep 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Matthew J. Bilker, Board President · Dana Altobelli, Board member · Kathleen Byrne, Board member · Dave Dezzi, Board member · Barbara Harvey, Board member · John McKenzie, Board member · Lisa S. Pacell, Board member · Nick Reynolds, Board member · Nicholas Siano, Board Vice President

Recent meetings

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Committee meeting · 42 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Administration recommends Calendar A, with students ending school June 8, 2028AI in schoolsPhones in schoolReading and test scoresSpeakers: Matthew J. Bilker, Dave Dezzi

Board meeting · 27 minTuesday, November 25, 2025Speakers: Matthew J. Bilker, Dave Dezzi, Barbara Harvey

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 2 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingMatthew J. BilkerBoard President · shown, not ranked2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings

Members · listed by nameDana AltobelliBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Kathleen ByrneBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Dave DezziBoard member2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Barbara HarveyBoard member1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting John McKenzieBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Lisa S. PacellBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Nick ReynoldsBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Nicholas SianoBoard Vice President—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

All 8 meetings on our record

On the map · Phones in school

September 8, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

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

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Federal district ID 4214760 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district