Wakefield School Committee

22 meetings on our record, 14 of them from the past year and 8 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 12 min · 3,365 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 22, 2026: Wakefield School Committee approves school improvement plans for 2026-2027 Play 1:31:14
Newest meeting we have: Sep 22, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Kevin Piskadlo, Chair · Peter Davis, Member · Kevin Fontanella, Member · Stephen Ingalls, Member · Thomas Markham, Member · Alexander Naumann, Member · Melissa Quinn, Vice Chair

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

Committee meeting · 1 h 42 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Wakefield School Committee approves school improvement plans for 2026-2027Speakers: Melissa Quinn, Kevin Fontanella, Stephen Ingalls, Alexander Naumann

Play 1:31:14

Committee meeting · 25 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Wakefield School Committee approves medication, school choice policies and heat guidelinesSpeakers: Melissa Quinn, Peter Davis, Stephen Ingalls

Play 12:42

Committee meeting · 1 h 24 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Wakefield School Committee accepts handbooks without change to absence failure policySpeakers: Melissa Quinn, Peter Davis, Kevin Fontanella, Stephen Ingalls and 2 more

Play 45:04

Committee meeting · 46 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Speakers: Melissa Quinn, Peter Davis, Stephen Ingalls

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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 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

Kevin PiskadloChair · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Members · listed by seat

Peter DavisMember · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Kevin FontanellaMember · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Stephen IngallsMember · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Thomas MarkhamMember · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Alexander NaumannMember · 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

Melissa QuinnVice Chair · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.1questions 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 22 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

I have a quick one. I noticed that you don't have an AI policy for, for the littles. Um, has there been any discussion of including an AI policy that's similar to what we have at the middle school or the high school, maybe abbreviated for elementary, or is it just not, not really a concern for those grades?Melissa QuinnVice Chair · Wakefield School Committee · Aug 11, 2026Watch the full meeting from 15:12

I just also wanted to point out that I think that it needs to be mentioned that we do this every month. Like every month, if we see increases in costs from special education, we look at positions that are open and we don't fill them. Like, those are decisions that are made not once a year, but every month.Melissa QuinnVice Chair · Wakefield School Committee · Apr 29, 2026Watch the full meeting from 43:37

Public comment

Of the 22 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 15; 2 had at least one. The busiest, on Jun 23, 2026, heard from 2.

2 on Jun 23, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 22 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 22	Sep 8	Aug 25	Aug 11	Jul 21	Jun 23	May 12	Apr 29	Apr 14	Mar 25	Mar 24	Mar 10	Feb 24	Jan 27
Stephen Ingalls	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2511910 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district