Peabody School District School Board

19 meetings on our record, 7 of them from the past year and 12 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 20 min · 5,832 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 22, 2026: Peabody schools fully spent $99,050,552 fiscal 2026 appropriation, staff member reports Play 13:53
Newest meeting we have: Sep 22, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Edward Bettencourt Jr., Chairman, Ex-Officio · Joseph Amico, Committee Member · Brandi Carpenter, Committee Member · Suzanne Cox, Committee Member · Beverley Ann Griffin Dunne, Committee Member · Pamela Milman, Committee Member · John Olimpio, Committee Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Committee meeting · 1 h 20 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Peabody schools fully spent $99,050,552 fiscal 2026 appropriation, staff member reportsSpeakers: Joseph Amico, Brandi Carpenter, Beverley Ann Griffin Dunne, John Olimpio and 2 more

Play 13:53

Committee meeting · 1 h 12 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Peabody School Committee approves minutes after questions on superintendent evaluation voteSpeakers: Joseph Amico, Brandi Carpenter, Beverley Ann Griffin Dunne, John Olimpio and 2 more

Play 7:20

Committee meeting · 55 minTuesday, May 26, 2026Peabody anti-bullying policy set for first reading at June 9th meetingSpeakers: Joseph Amico, Brandi Carpenter, Beverley Ann Griffin Dunne, John Olimpio and 1 more

Play 49:11

Committee meeting · 1 h 16 minTuesday, May 12, 2026Speakers: Joseph Amico, Brandi Carpenter, Beverley Ann Griffin Dunne, John Olimpio and 2 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 0 board meetings, last 12 months · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 57% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 57% of members’ speaking time named (50%–77%)

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

Edward Bettencourt Jr.Chairman, Ex-Officio · Mayor / Ex-Officio · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Members · listed by seat

Joseph AmicoCommittee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Brandi CarpenterCommittee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Suzanne CoxCommittee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Beverley Ann Griffin DunneCommittee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Pamela MilmanCommittee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked6.7questions asked per meeting, at least

John OlimpioCommittee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.6questions 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 19 meetings on our record

Clips

What Pamela Milman said

Carpenter brought up, I just have a question, and, and maybe very naive about this, but has there been any consideration again about the Kiley Building and the sale of the building, of the land, or anything like that that could perhaps bring in money in the future?Pamela MilmanCommittee Member · Peabody School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 1:39:18

Public comment

Of the 19 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 2 had at least one. The busiest, on Sep 22, 2026, heard from 1.

1 on Sep 22, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 19 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 22	Sep 8	May 26	May 12	Apr 28	Apr 21	Feb 10
Edward Bettencourt Jr.	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Joseph Amico	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Brandi Carpenter	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Beverley Ann Griffin Dunne	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
John Olimpio	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Suzanne Cox	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Pamela Milman	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2509360 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district