Seymour School District Board of Education

10 meetings on our record, 9 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · typical meeting 1 h 50 min · 2,101 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Seymour board adopts meal charge policy 8-0, hears special education staffing update Play 1:28:57
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Casey Grenier, Board of Education · Pete Kubik, Board of Education Member · Lori Nespoli, Board of Education Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 47 minMonday, September 14, 2026Seymour board adopts meal charge policy 8-0, hears special education staffing updateSpeakers: Kristen Bruno, Christopher Champagne, Kristen Harmeling, Ed Strumello

Play 1:28:57

Board meeting · 1 h 48 minMonday, August 3, 2026Seymour school board approves school resource officer agreement 6-0Budget cuts and layoffsSafety, weapons and police

Play 1:01:37

Board meeting · 1 h 30 minMonday, June 15, 2026Seymour board votes 7-0 to convert language arts consultant posts to SRBI positionsSpeakers: Christopher Champagne, Kristen Harmeling, Ed Strumello

Play 1:00:46

Board meeting · 1 h 48 minMonday, June 1, 2026Speakers: Kristen Bruno, Kristen Harmeling, James Garofolo

Watch

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Jan 12, 2026 – Sep 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

Kristen BrunoBoard of Education Chairperson · runs the meeting, not ranked1.4min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart2.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Stephan BehuniakBoard of Education Member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.4min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Christopher ChampagneBoard of Education Vice Chairperson · We could name only 28% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.6min, at least4 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least

James GarofoloBoard of Education Member1.0min, at least5 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Casey GrenierBoard of Education · 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

Kristen HarmelingBoard of Education Secretary1.4min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Pete KubikBoard of Education Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Lori NespoliBoard of Education 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

Ed StrumelloBoard of Education Member0.7min, at least4 of 9meetings 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 10 meetings on our record

Clips

What Christopher Champagne said on Apr 29, 2026

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance29%10%–51%

Ceremony and recognition18%5%–36%

Public comment2%0%–6%

Safety and discipline1%0%–6%

The two readers didn’t agree on 19% 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 10 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 10; 5 had at least one.

3 speakers2 speakers1.2 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 2 of the 10 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 14	Aug 3	Jun 15	Jun 1	May 4	Apr 29	Mar 2	Jan 20	Jan 12
Stephan Behuniak	Present	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Kristen Harmeling	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Kristen Bruno	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
James Garofolo	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Christopher Champagne	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0903990 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district