Fair Lawn Schools, BOE Meetings, Calendar & Parent Routes
The Fair Lawn Board of Education search can lead to several different places: the 2026 meeting schedule, Board agendas, school-year calendar, student registration, individual school offices, transportation, public records or district administration. This guide separates those jobs so Fair Lawn families and residents can get to the right official page without treating every school question as a Board issue.
Fair Lawn Public Schools lists its administrative Board office at Thomas Edison School, 37-01 Fair Lawn Avenue. The district currently serves PK–12 students across 10 schools and publishes dedicated Board, registration, calendar and department resources online.
Fair Lawn Board of Education facts to confirm first
Fair Lawn Public Schools is the local public school district for Fair Lawn, New Jersey. The Board of Education handles governance through policy, public meetings and formal Board action, while the superintendent and district administration handle day-to-day district operations.
Do not mix up Board work with district operations. The district’s own Board-role explanation says individual Board members do not run the school district or act for the full Board on their own. For enrollment, transportation, student services, HR or a school-specific problem, use the appropriate district office instead.
What the Fair Lawn Board of Education actually does
The district’s Board-role page makes an important distinction: the Board of Education does not personally operate the district from day to day. The Board establishes and updates policy, reviews district-wide issues, considers recommendations through committees and acts collectively at public meetings.
Use the Board for
Board meetings, policy, governance, budget oversight, formal Board action, committee work and district-wide concerns.
Use administration for
District operations, personnel, curriculum administration, student services, business matters and implementation of Board policy.
Use the school for
Attendance, teacher contact, schedules, daily student issues, nurse questions, school activities and building-specific concerns.
Student privacy: a public Board meeting is not the place to publish a child’s medical information, grades, disability information, discipline history, home circumstances or education records. Start with the student’s school or the appropriate district department.
Fair Lawn BOE meeting dates and the October 2026 check
Fair Lawn Public Schools maintains a dedicated 2026 Board Meeting Dates page plus separate agenda/minutes and livestream archives. Do not assume every meeting follows the same monthly date pattern or rely on an old calendar screenshot.
Next key October date
The current official 2026 Board schedule lists the October regular meeting for October 13, 2026.
That date is worth checking carefully because a generic “third Tuesday” assumption can point users to the wrong week.
Before leaving home
Open the annual meeting list and the agenda portal. Confirm the date, start time, location and whether the meeting is regular, work session, special meeting or another published session.
How to find the right Fair Lawn BOE agenda or minutes
A search result can surface an old Board document without making its year obvious. The safer route is to enter through Fair Lawn Public Schools’ Board section, then match the meeting date before opening the document.
Check the current meeting schedule
Confirm that the date you have is actually on the district’s current 2026 list.
Open Agendas and Minutes
Use the district document area rather than opening the first PDF indexed by a search engine.
Match the meeting type
Regular, work, special and other meetings can have different notices and materials.
Use agenda and minutes differently
An agenda shows planned business. It does not prove an item passed. Use approved minutes when you need the later official record.
Check the recording if useful
A meeting video can add context, but it does not replace approved minutes for the formal record.
Fair Lawn school calendar, events and weather schedules
The district homepage provides a direct 2026–2027 Calendar route. That school calendar is different from the Board meeting calendar, so parents should use the school-year calendar for holidays and school planning and the BOE pages for public Board meetings.
2026–27 calendar
Use the district’s current 2026–2027 calendar link for school-year planning.
Live events
The district Events page can be filtered by year and is useful for building-level and district activities.
Weather schedule
Delayed openings and early dismissals use specific student start and dismissal times rather than one district-wide bell time.
| School level | Delayed-opening student time | Inclement-weather early dismissal |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary schools | 10:10 a.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Middle schools | 9:55 a.m. | 12:45 p.m. |
| Fair Lawn High School | 9:25 a.m. | 12:35 p.m. |
| Edison Preschool AM | 10:10–11:40 a.m. | 8:30–11:15 a.m. |
| Edison Preschool PM | 12:30–3:00 p.m. | Cancelled |
Weather detail: the district says breakfast is not served at Fair Lawn High School on a delayed opening, lunch is served, and Before Care is not provided. For an early dismissal caused by inclement weather, lunch is not served and After Care may be canceled or close early.
Fair Lawn schools, addresses and phone numbers
Fair Lawn’s central office page lists the district’s building locations. For attendance, teacher communication, student schedules or a building-specific question, call the school instead of starting with the Board office.
Fast routing rule: student-specific issue → school office. District-wide program or service → central department. Governance, Board policy or meeting record → Board pages.
Fair Lawn Public Schools registration: what families should prepare
Fair Lawn’s registration area is more detailed than a simple enrollment form. The district publishes pre-registration instructions, medical forms, student-record forms, residency affidavits, a zoning map, address/name-change procedures and forms for families whose living arrangements require additional residency documentation.
Start with pre-registration
Use the district’s New Student & Re-Entry PreRegistration route and the current registration procedure before collecting documents from older checklists.
Check your school zone
The district document area includes a Fair Lawn Public Schools zoning map and a student school request form.
Residency may require extra forms
The district provides landlord, non-rent-paying residency, support-of-child, temporary certificate-of-occupancy and parents-not-in-the-same-household forms.
Medical records matter too
District registration files include medical forms and a kindergarten medical packet. Use the current school-year forms rather than a saved older copy.
Residency check: the district states that the Board may use employees or agents to confirm the student residence identified on registration forms. If your housing arrangement is unusual, use the district’s current residency forms rather than guessing which affidavit applies.
Fair Lawn transportation office and weather-day routing
Buildings & Grounds and Transportation are listed at 5-01 Bergen Avenue, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410, with 201-794-5522 shown for the location. The district staff directory also provides Transportation staff contacts.
Transportation location
5-01 Bergen Ave., Fair Lawn, NJ 07410.
Listed location phone: 201-794-5522.
Transportation questions
Use the Transportation department for bus and district transportation matters instead of emailing an individual Board trustee.
Weather-day tip: Fair Lawn publishes separate delayed-opening and early-dismissal times by school level. Check that schedule before assuming a standard two-hour delay applies to every building.
Board records are different from student records
Fair Lawn’s site separates Board documents from student registration and student-record forms. That distinction matters: Board agendas, minutes, policies, budget information and public records belong to public governance routes, while a student’s transcript, attendance, health information or education record should be handled through the appropriate private school or district process.
Board records
Agendas, minutes, policies, presentations, budget materials and other public Board documents.
Public-record requests
The district site includes an Open Public Record Request Form through its Business Office resources.
Student records
Use the student-record request or appropriate school/district process. Do not place private student information in public Board correspondence.
Before filing a separate public-record request, check the Board agenda/minutes, policy, presentation and budget sections. The document you need may already be public.
Fair Lawn Board of Education jobs: use HR, not the meeting pages
Fair Lawn Public Schools links Employment Opportunities from its district information area. Job seekers should use that live employment system and the Human Resources department because search-engine results can keep expired school job postings visible after a position closes.
Employment Opportunities
The district links its active employment system directly from District Information.
Human Resources
The current district information page lists Denise Tighe as Director of Human Resources and provides central-office HR contact routing.
When your question is not really a Board question
Many searches for “Fair Lawn Board of Education” are actually attempts to reach a district service. The quickest route depends on the problem.
Student Services
Camille DeFranco is listed as Assistant Superintendent of Student Services. Use Student Services for district-level student-support questions rather than starting with a public BOE meeting.
HIB concerns
Claire Keller is listed as the District Anti-Bullying Coordinator, and the district publishes school-level Anti-Bullying Specialists and an online reporting route.
Academic questions
Use the student’s school first for a class or schedule issue. District-level curriculum questions belong with education administration rather than an individual trustee.
Private student matters
Keep health, disability, discipline and personally identifiable education information out of public Board comments and public-facing records requests.
Why Fair Lawn administrative names should be checked live
Fair Lawn’s website contains newer live pages alongside older/test or replicated pages. Those pages can show different administrative names. For example, the current District Information page identifies Dr. Rui Dionisio as Superintendent, while older staff/test pages can still surface Nicholas J. Norcia.
A similar issue appears around the Business Administrator / Board Secretary role: different district pages indexed at different times show different names. For a legal notice, OPRA request, contract, formal letter or time-sensitive business-office matter, use the current live Staff or Business Office page immediately before sending it.
This is a useful local verification rule: trust the current live Fair Lawn Public Schools staff directory over an older search snippet, mirrored school page or cached district page when personnel information conflicts.
Fair Lawn Public Schools administrative Board office
Common Fair Lawn BOE search problems
Fair Lawn Public Schools links worth bookmarking
Fair Lawn Board of Education FAQs
Is this the official Fair Lawn Board of Education website?
No. BoardofEducations.org is an independent information guide. Fair Lawn Public Schools at fairlawnschools.org is the official source for district and Board information.
What is the Fair Lawn Board of Education phone number?
The Fair Lawn Public Schools administrative office lists 201-794-5500 as the main district phone.
Where is the Fair Lawn Board of Education office?
The district lists Thomas Edison School and Administrative Board Office at 37-01 Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410.
Who is the Fair Lawn Superintendent of Schools?
The current District Information page lists Dr. Rui Dionisio as Superintendent of Schools. Because older district pages remain indexed, verify the live staff directory for formal correspondence.
Where can I find Fair Lawn BOE meeting dates?
Use the official 2026 Board Meeting Dates page. The district also maintains separate Agendas and Minutes and meeting-recording resources.
When is the Fair Lawn BOE meeting in October 2026?
The current official 2026 annual list shows the October regular meeting on October 13, 2026. Recheck the official notice before attending in case a schedule detail changes.
Is an agenda the same thing as approved minutes?
No. An agenda shows planned meeting business. Approved minutes are the later formal record and should be used when verifying what the Board actually recorded as occurring.
Where do I register a new student in Fair Lawn?
Start with the official District Registration page. Fair Lawn also publishes pre-registration, medical, student-record, zoning and residency documents.
What if my Fair Lawn residency situation is unusual?
Check the district’s registration documents. Fair Lawn publishes separate forms for landlord arrangements, non-rent-paying residency, support of a child, temporary occupancy situations and parents who do not live in the same household.
What time does Fair Lawn school start on a delayed opening?
The district lists 10:10 a.m. for elementary students, 9:55 a.m. for middle-school students and 9:25 a.m. for Fair Lawn High School students. Edison preschool uses separate AM and PM times.
Where should I call for a school-specific student problem?
Start with the student’s school. Fair Lawn publishes direct phone numbers for the high school, two middle schools and its elementary schools.
Where can I find Fair Lawn Board meeting videos?
The district Board section includes a Live Stream and Previously Recorded BOE Meetings route. Use the meeting archive and approved minutes alongside video when you need the formal record.
Does the Board itself run Fair Lawn Public Schools day to day?
No. The district explains that the Board acts collectively through governance and policy. Day-to-day district operation is handled through the superintendent and administration.
Where can I apply for a Fair Lawn Public Schools job?
Use the district’s Employment Opportunities route and current Human Resources information rather than a Board meeting page or an old job-search result.
Use the right Fair Lawn source before you act
For school-year dates, use the current district calendar. For Board business, use the 2026 meeting list and agenda/minutes archive. For student registration, use the current registration forms. For staff names, use the live staff directory. For individual student matters, start with the school or appropriate district department.
Independent information guide: BoardofEducations.org is not Fair Lawn Public Schools, the Fair Lawn Board of Education, the Borough of Fair Lawn or a New Jersey government agency. Official district notices and documents control if a live Fair Lawn Public Schools page differs from this summary.