Sachem Central School District Board of Education

21 meetings on our record, 16 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 23 min · 11,729 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 23, 2026: Sachem board hears updates on summer projects, common grading and busing Play 1:51
Newest meeting we have: Sep 23, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Dennis Buckstein, President · Matthew Baumann, Trustee · Michael J. Isernia, Trustee · Sabrina Pitkewicz, Trustee · Vincent Reynolds, Trustee · Paul Sapienza, Trustee · Robert Scavo, Vice President · Jessica Schreck, Trustee · Meredith Volpe, Trustee

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 04 minWednesday, September 23, 2026Sachem board hears updates on summer projects, common grading and busingSpeakers: Michael J. Isernia, Sabrina Pitkewicz, Vincent Reynolds, Paul Sapienza and 2 more

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Board meeting · 1 h 04 minWednesday, September 9, 2026Sachem staff outlines three local-option property tax exemptions for school boardSpeakers: Robert Scavo, Michael J. Isernia, Sabrina Pitkewicz, Paul Sapienza and 2 more

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Board meeting · 39 minWednesday, August 26, 2026Speakers: Meredith Volpe

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Board meeting · 1 h 23 minWednesday, July 22, 2026Safety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Michael J. Isernia, Vincent Reynolds, Paul Sapienza, Meredith Volpe

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 16 board meetings, Nov 5, 2025 – Sep 23, 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

Dennis BucksteinPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked2.9min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart7.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Vincent ReynoldsTrustee · runs the meeting, not ranked0.5min, at least4 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Matthew BaumannTrustee · We could name only 7% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least4 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Michael J. IserniaTrustee1.7min, at least15 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Sabrina PitkewiczTrustee1.1min, at least11 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Paul SapienzaTrustee1.3min, at least5 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Robert ScavoVice President2.0min, at least12 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Jessica SchreckTrustee · We could name only 24% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.6min, at least9 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Meredith VolpeTrustee2.1min, at least13 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions 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 21 meetings on our record

Clips

What Michael J. Isernia said on Mar 31, 2026

I mean, maybe we should talk to them about perhaps that there should be a mix of electric and diesel because of the possibilities, one of long-term rides, right? Taking people past a certain limit of the bus. I know upstate New York is saying already that, you know, these buses can't handle the heating.Michael J. IserniaTrustee · Sachem Central School District Board of Education · Mar 31, 2026Watch the full meeting from 51:04

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance24%16%–32%

Public comment6%3%–10%

Ceremony and recognition5%2%–11%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 24% 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 21 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 17; 11 had at least one. The busiest, on Jul 22, 2026, heard from 6.

6 on Jul 22, 20266 speakers3 speakers1.4 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 3625350 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district