Wilmington School Committee

10 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · 2,760 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 23, 2026: School committee hears updates on phone restrictions and fall athletics Play 3:56
Newest meeting we have: Sep 23, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Jesse Fennelly, School Committee Chair · Jennifer Bryson, School Committee Vice Chair · Nicholas Golden, School Committee Member · Rebecca Lord, School Committee Member · Michael Mercaldi, School Committee Member · David Ragsdale, School Committee Member · Stephen Turner, School Committee Secretary

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Committee meeting · 2 h 37 minWednesday, September 23, 2026School committee hears updates on phone restrictions and fall athleticsSpeakers: Jennifer Bryson, Stephen Turner, Rebecca Lord, Michael Mercaldi and 1 more

Play 3:56

Committee meeting · 1 h 24 minWednesday, September 9, 2026Wilmington School Committee approves policy to comply with PROTECT ActSpeakers: Jesse Fennelly, Jennifer Bryson, Stephen Turner, Nicholas Golden and 2 more

Play 47:27

Committee meeting · 1 h 22 minWednesday, June 24, 2026Wilmington School Committee approves food service contract and finance director appointmentSpeakers: David Ragsdale

Play 3:47

Committee meeting · 3 h 24 minWednesday, May 27, 2026Speakers: Stephen Turner

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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 seat0 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 65% of members’ speaking time named (45%–66%)

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

Jesse FennellySchool Committee Chair · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart5.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Jennifer BrysonSchool Committee Vice Chair · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Nicholas GoldenSchool Committee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Rebecca LordSchool Committee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Michael MercaldiSchool Committee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.5questions asked per meeting, at least

David RagsdaleSchool Committee Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked6.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Stephen TurnerSchool Committee Secretary · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.0questions 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 board members said

Depending on the number of students we have that opt out, do we have a reasonable place in both offices to store 50 or 100 phones? And I mean, that would seem like a burden.Stephen TurnerSchool Committee Secretary · Wilmington School Committee · May 27, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:30:03

If I can just tack on to that, because we, we looked recently in the policy subcommittee at the essentially the device policy, and the, the entire thing was so out of date. …David RagsdaleSchool Committee Member · Wilmington School Committee · Jun 24, 2026Watch the full meeting from 23:33
I just, I just am— whenever possible, teachers who invite visitors to present one side of an issue will also invite visitors. …Nicholas GoldenSchool Committee Member · Wilmington School CommitteeWatch the full meeting from 2:15:11

Public comment

Of the 10 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on May 27, 2026, heard from 3.

3 on May 27, 20263 speakers2 speakers0.7 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 4 of the 10 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 23	Sep 9	Jun 24	May 27	Apr 8
Stephen Turner	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present
Jesse Fennelly	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Jennifer Bryson	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present
Nicholas Golden	Not shown	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present
Rebecca Lord	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present
Michael Mercaldi	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
David Ragsdale	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2513050 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district