Winchester School Committee

18 meetings on our record, 13 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 19 min · 4,331 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Jul 9, 2026: Winchester School Committee approves childcare, Chromebook lease and food service contracts Play 46:18
Newest meeting we have: Jul 9, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Timothy J. Matthews, Chair · John Bellaire, Board member · Karen Maruyama Bolognese, Recording Secretary · Tom Hopcroft, Board member · Stefanie Mnayarji, 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 03 minThursday, July 9, 2026Winchester School Committee approves childcare, Chromebook lease and food service contractsSpeakers: Timothy J. Matthews, Stefanie Mnayarji, Karen Maruyama Bolognese, John Bellaire and 1 more

Play 46:18

Committee meeting · 3 h 39 minMonday, June 29, 2026Winchester School Committee adopts flat athletics fee option with three-sport family capSpeakers: Stefanie Mnayarji, Karen Maruyama Bolognese, John Bellaire, Tom Hopcroft

Play 44:28

Committee meeting · 2 h 22 minWednesday, June 10, 2026School committee holds public forum on proposed FY27 athletics fee increasesSpeakers: Stefanie Mnayarji, Karen Maruyama Bolognese, John Bellaire, Tom Hopcroft

Play 14:44

Committee meeting · 42 minMonday, June 1, 2026Speakers: Timothy J. Matthews, Stefanie Mnayarji, John Bellaire, Tom Hopcroft

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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 seatAbout 46% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 46% of members’ speaking time named (28%–61%)

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

Timothy J. MatthewsChair · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Members · listed by seat

John BellaireBoard member · 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

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

Tom HopcroftBoard member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Stefanie MnayarjiVice Chair · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.3questions 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 18 meetings on our record

Clips

What Stefanie Mnayarji said on May 28, 2026

I was just— so what is the decision-making process for cutting a program? So for example, say there is low enrollment in one program. Who determines what that threshold is, saying that we have low enrollment, so we're going to cut this program, or maybe because of the increased cost, maybe just because of, you know, reduced interest?Stefanie MnayarjiVice Chair · Winchester School Committee · May 28, 2026Watch the full meeting from 32:35

Public comment

Of the 18 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 15; 10 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 16, 2026, heard from 14.

14 on Apr 16, 202614 speakers7 speakers2.5 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 2 of the 18 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Jul 9	Jun 29	Jun 10	Jun 1	May 28	May 18	Apr 28	Apr 16	Apr 14	Mar 26	Feb 12	Jan 14	Nov 20	Oct 30
John Bellaire	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Karen Maruyama Bolognese	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Tom Hopcroft	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Stefanie Mnayarji	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Timothy J. Matthews	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2513110 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district