South Huntington Union Free School District Board

14 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 33 min · 5,843 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 30, 2026: Staff proposes lowering tax levy to $131.3 million after assessed value drops Play 35:18
Newest meeting we have: Sep 30, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Nicholas R. Ciappetta, PRESIDENT · Geraldine Clark, BOARD TRUSTEE · Sidney B. Joyner, BOARD TRUSTEE · Linda O. LaCara, Vice PRESIDENT · Erin Meijer, BOARD TRUSTEE · Frederick Scragg, BOARD TRUSTEE

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 21 minWednesday, September 30, 2026Staff proposes lowering tax levy to $131.3 million after assessed value dropsSpeakers: Linda O. LaCara, Andrew D. Bronson, Frederick Scragg

Play 35:18

Board meeting · 2 h 28 minWednesday, August 19, 2026South Huntington board takes up safety plan, safety officers agreement and benefits brokerSpeakers: Nicholas R. Ciappetta, Andrew D. Bronson, Erin Meijer

Play 1:56:46

Board meeting · 2 h 04 minWednesday, August 5, 2026School board hears alumni outreach update and plans for an alumni websiteSpeakers: Nicholas R. Ciappetta

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Board meeting · 3 h 56 minWednesday, June 17, 2026Speakers: Nicholas R. Ciappetta, Andrew D. Bronson, Erin Meijer

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Dec 10, 2025 – Sep 30, 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

Nicholas R. CiappettaPRESIDENT · runs the meeting, not ranked7.0min, at least4 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Andrew D. BronsonBOARD TRUSTEE · We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.6min, at least7 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Geraldine ClarkBOARD TRUSTEE · 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

Sidney B. JoynerBOARD TRUSTEE · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Linda O. LaCaraVice PRESIDENT · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.8min, at least2 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Erin MeijerBOARD TRUSTEE · We could name only 20% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.9min, at least5 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Frederick ScraggBOARD TRUSTEE · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions 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 14 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition23%14%–34%

Budget and finance10%4%–17%

Public comment0%0%–1%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 40% 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 14 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on May 6, 2026, heard from 2.

2 on May 6, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.5 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 3627300 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district