New Milford Board of Education

6 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · 3,602 students · 8 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 15, 2026: Board approves $500,000 Waste Management Fund request for high school tennis courts Play 32:55
Newest meeting we have: Sep 15, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Leslie Sarich, Board Chairperson · Joseph Failla, Board Member · Wendy Faulenbach, Board Member · Eric Hansell, Board Vice Chairperson · Sarah Herring, Board Secretary · Brian McCauley, Board Member · Tammy McInerney, Assistant Board Secretary · Tom O'Brien, Board Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 55 minTuesday, September 15, 2026Board approves $500,000 Waste Management Fund request for high school tennis courtsSpeakers: Wendy Faulenbach

Play 32:55

Special meeting · 25 minTuesday, June 23, 2026Board holds executive sessions on principal post and secretaries agreement

Play 0:47

Board meetingWednesday, January 21, 2026Budget cuts and layoffs

Watch

Board meeting · 1 h 59 minTuesday, January 13, 2026Proposed New Milford school budget for 2026-27 carries 3.20% increaseBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentReading and test scoresSpeakers: Eric Hansell, Tammy McInerney, Brian McCauley, Joseph Failla

Play 0:22

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 4 board meetings, Dec 16, 2025 – Sep 15, 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

Leslie SarichBoard Chairperson · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart

Members · listed by seat

Joseph FaillaBoard Member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Wendy FaulenbachBoard Member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.6min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Eric HansellBoard Vice Chairperson · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Sarah HerringBoard Secretary · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.6min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Brian McCauleyBoard Member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Tammy McInerneyAssistant Board Secretary · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Tom O'BrienBoard Member · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.3min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

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 6 meetings on our record

Federal district ID 0902850 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district