Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education

11 meetings on our record, 8 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 19 min · 9,328 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 20, 2026: Shenendehowa board hears update on federal and state grants Play 11:46
Newest meeting we have: Oct 20, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Naomi Hoffman, President · Andrea Gallo, Board member · Petra Holden, Board member · Mary Colleen Liburdi, Board member · Sarah Schanz, Board member · Deanna Stephenson, Board member · Carla Thompson, Vice President

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 22 minTuesday, October 20, 2026Shenendehowa board hears update on federal and state grantsAI in schools

Play 11:46

Board meeting · 1 h 16 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Shenendehowa board approves staffing recommendations, including 3 tenure recommendationsChronic absenteeismAI in schoolsPhones in schoolReading and test scores

Play 1:07:20

Board meeting · 1 h 10 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Shenendehowa board approves Mustangs mascot name and $6.6 million interfund transferSpeakers: Naomi Hoffman, Andrea Gallo, Petra Holden, Mary Colleen Liburdi and 2 more

Play 54:09

Board meeting · 1 h 42 minTuesday, August 18, 2026AI in schoolsSafety, weapons and police

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 8 board meetings, May 12, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 36% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 36% of members’ speaking time named (18%–62%)

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

Naomi HoffmanPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked3.8min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Andrea GalloBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Petra HoldenBoard member · We could name only 9% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.6min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Mary Colleen LiburdiBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Sarah SchanzBoard member · We could name only 4% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Deanna StephensonBoard member2.8min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Carla ThompsonVice President · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 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 11 meetings on our record

On the map · Phones in school

September 22, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition8%0%–18%

Budget and finance6%1%–13%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

Public comment0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 34% 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 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 11; 1 had at least one. The busiest, on Jun 9, 2026, heard from 1.

1 on Jun 9, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.1 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 2 of the 11 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 20	Sep 22	Sep 8	Aug 18	Jul 7	Jun 23	Jun 9	May 12
Carla Thompson	Not shown	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3626670 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district