Neptune Township School District board

8 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · 3,411 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 30, 2026: Neptune board recognizes retiring superintendent, hears update on closed early childhood center Play 6:35
Newest meeting we have: Sep 30, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Donna L. Puryear, President · Dianna Harris, Board member · Kym Hoffman, Board member · Jerome M. Hubbard, Board member · Howard L. West II, Board member · Sheila B. Jones, Board member · Sherrica McDonald, Board member · April Morgan, Board member · Jessie Thompson, Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 52 minWednesday, September 30, 2026Neptune board recognizes retiring superintendent, hears update on closed early childhood centerSpeakers: Donna L. Puryear, Jessie Thompson, Dianna Harris, Jerome M. Hubbard and 2 more

Play 6:35

Board meeting · 41 minWednesday, August 26, 2026Public comment speakers ask Neptune board for regular community working sessionSchool closuresSpeakers: Jerome M. Hubbard, Sheila B. Jones, Kym Hoffman, April Morgan and 1 more

Play 7:47

Board meeting · 54 minWednesday, July 29, 2026School closuresEnrollmentReading and test scoresSpeakers: Jessie Thompson, Dianna Harris, Jerome M. Hubbard, Kym Hoffman and 1 more

Watch

Board meeting · 40 minWednesday, June 24, 2026Speakers: Dianna Harris, Jerome M. Hubbard, Sheila B. Jones, Kym Hoffman and 2 more

Watch

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Jan 28, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 56% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 56% of members’ speaking time named (26%–71%)

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

Donna L. PuryearPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked1.1min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Jessie ThompsonVice President · runs the meeting, not ranked1.0min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Dianna HarrisBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Kym HoffmanBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Jerome M. HubbardBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Howard L. West IIBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.7min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Sheila B. JonesBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.4min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Sherrica McDonaldBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

April MorganBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.7min, at least3 of 5meetings 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 8 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment40%27%–51%

Ceremony and recognition8%4%–13%

Budget and finance1%0%–4%

Safety and discipline0%0%–29%

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 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 7 had at least one. The busiest, on Jan 28, 2026, heard from 19.

19 on Jan 28, 202619 speakers10 speakers8.6 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 4 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 30	Aug 26	Jul 29	Jun 24	Jan 28
Donna L. Puryear	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Jessie Thompson	Present	Not shown	Present	Not recorded	Present
Dianna Harris	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Jerome M. Hubbard	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Sheila B. Jones	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Kym Hoffman	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
April Morgan	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present
Howard L. West II	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present
Sherrica McDonald	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3411160 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district