New Milford Public School District board

15 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 54 min · 2,037 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 14, 2026: New Milford school board hears of 34% health benefit increase for 2027 Play 33:10
Newest meeting we have: Oct 14, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Anthony Albro, Board member · Cheryll Calderon, Board member · John DaCosta, Board member · Nicole Dunne, Board member · Heather Gomez, Board member · Stephanie Kauffunger, Board member · Andrew Lombardi, Board member · Joseph Loonam, Board member · Kendra Moore, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 45 minWednesday, October 14, 2026New Milford school board hears of 34% health benefit increase for 2027Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Anthony Albro, Cheryll Calderon, Nicole Dunne, Heather Gomez

Play 33:10

Board meeting · 45 minWednesday, August 26, 2026New Milford board hears phone policy update and request to restore bus stopPhones in schoolReading and test scoresSpeakers: Anthony Albro

Play 9:55

Board meeting · 1 h 25 minWednesday, June 10, 2026New Milford school board takes up $9,000 tuition for new full-day preschool programBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Heather Gomez

Play 1:04:41

Board meeting · 39 minWednesday, May 13, 2026Speakers: Anthony Albro, Cheryll Calderon, Nicole Dunne, Heather Gomez

Watch

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 12, 2025 – Oct 14, 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

Heather GomezBoard member · runs the meeting, not ranked1.8min, at least9 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Anthony AlbroBoard member0.6min, at least8 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Cheryll CalderonBoard member0.7min, at least5 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

John DaCostaBoard member · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Nicole DunneBoard member · We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.1min, at least4 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Stephanie KauffungerBoard member · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Andrew LombardiBoard member · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Joseph LoonamBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.4min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Kendra MooreBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least2 of 7meetings 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 15 meetings on our record

On the map · Phones in school

August 26, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

Watch the film Open the meeting

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance11%4%–20%

Ceremony and recognition6%2%–12%

Public comment1%0%–4%

Safety and discipline0%0%–17%

The two readers didn’t agree on 39% 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 15 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 6 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 26, 2026, heard from 3.

3 on Aug 26, 20263 speakers2 speakers0.6 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 9 of the 15 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 14	Aug 26	Jun 10	May 13	May 6	Apr 29	Mar 25	Feb 25	Jan 21	Jan 6	Dec 10	Nov 12
Anthony Albro	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Cheryll Calderon	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present
John DaCosta	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present
Nicole Dunne	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present
Heather Gomez	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present
Stephanie Kauffunger	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
Andrew Lombardi	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Joseph Loonam	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present
Kendra Moore	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3411280 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district