Irvington Board of Education: 2026–27 Meetings, Schools & Parent Help
Irvington Board of Education in this guide means Irvington Public Schools in Irvington, New Jersey. It is not Irvington Union Free School District in New York.
Use this guide to check upcoming Board meetings, current trustees, registration, preschool, the official 2026–27 calendar, school contacts, transportation, meals, student grades, special education, Child Find, bullying reports, emergency closings, transcripts, OPRA requests and district jobs.
Irvington, New Jersey—not Irvington, New York
Irvington Public Schools
Irvington, Essex County, New Jersey.
Official district domain: irvington.k12.nj.us.
Irvington UFSD
Irvington, New York.
Different Board, calendar, schools and registration system.
Search-result check: before using an Irvington calendar, meeting notice or registration page, confirm both the state and official school-district domain.
Irvington Board of Education contact information
Current Irvington Board of Education members
| Member | Current role |
|---|---|
| Syesha Benbow | Board President |
| Janelle Lowery | Board Vice President |
| Shante Barr | Board Member |
| Annette L. Beasley | Board Member |
| John F. Brown | Board Member |
| Jordan Geffrard | Board Member |
| Audrey M. Lyon | Board Member |
| Joseph Sylvain | Board Member |
| Joel Wanamaker | Board Member |
Board vs administration: Board members handle district governance and formal Board action. Registration, attendance, classroom concerns, IEP implementation, transportation and daily school operations should usually begin with the school or appropriate department.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
Date
Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
Time
6:00 p.m.
Format
Virtual until further notice.
Do not automatically travel to the BOE office for the August meeting. The annual 2026–27 notice states that meetings will be held virtually until further notice.
Use the annual notice and latest meeting-specific agenda/legal notice before the meeting begins.
Verify the August 19 meeting →Irvington Board of Education meeting dates
| Date | Published status |
|---|---|
| Aug. 19, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. • virtual until further notice |
| Sep. 16, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Oct. 14, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Nov. 11, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Dec. 16, 2026 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Jan. 20, 2027 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Feb. 17, 2027 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Mar. 17, 2027 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Apr. 14, 2027 | 6:00 p.m. |
| TBD | Re-Organization meeting |
| May 19, 2027 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Jun. 9, 2027 | Listed on official annual notice |
| Jun. 2, 2027 | Also listed on official annual notice |
June conflict: Irvington’s own annual notice currently lists June 9 and June 2 in that order. This guide does not guess which June date was intended. Check the meeting-specific notice when June approaches.
Want to speak or participate at a virtual Board meeting?
The annual 2026–27 meeting notice confirms the dates, 6:00 p.m. time and virtual format, but it does not itself publish a complete speaker-registration procedure.
Open the meeting-specific notice
Do not assume procedures from an older Irvington meeting apply to the current virtual meeting.
Check the current agenda
Look for virtual-access instructions, public-comment information and any deadline or registration requirement.
Prepare a concise issue summary
State the issue, the action you want considered and the relevant district policy or service area.
Protect student privacy
A Board meeting is public. Avoid disclosing unnecessary IEP, medical, disciplinary or other personally identifiable student information.
No invented deadline: because the annual notice does not state a current 2026–27 public-comment deadline, this guide does not manufacture one. Meeting-specific instructions control.
Agenda vs minutes vs public report vs OPRA
| You need | Best starting record |
|---|---|
| What will be discussed? | Current meeting agenda. |
| What did the Board formally approve? | Approved meeting minutes / formal Board action. |
| Assessment or district presentation? | Public Reports & Documents. |
| A qualifying public record that is not posted? | OPRA request. |
2026–27 rollover: the agenda archive currently exposes the prior 2025–26 agenda list in its indexed page. Check again for the new-year agenda before the August 19 meeting rather than relying on the old archive.
Use Irvington’s live printable calendar for exact school dates
Irvington Public Schools now publishes both its live Google Calendar and a dedicated Printable 2026–27 Calendar.
District calendar
Use for systemwide school dates, district events and school-year planning.
Printable 2026–27 calendar
The district Calendar page links the current printable school-year document.
School-specific calendar
Individual schools may publish local events, testing, concerts, athletics and family meetings separately.
Accuracy choice: this article does not reproduce an unverified day-by-day school calendar. The district’s printable 2026–27 link is a live Google document, so that live document should control childcare, vacation and appointment planning.
Irvington Public Schools by level
Preschool
Augusta Preschool Academy plus district/community early-childhood placements.
Elementary schools
Berkeley, Chancellor, Florence, Grove Street, Madison, Mount Vernon, Thurgood and University Elementary.
Middle / junior
Union Avenue Middle, University Middle and Anna B. Scott Junior STEAM Academy.
High school
Irvington High School.
STEAM
Rita L. Owens STEAM Academy and Anna B. Scott Junior STEAM Academy.
Need a school phone?
Use the official Schools page rather than an old third-party directory.
Irvington enrollment is a two-stage process
Create a registration account
Begin on the official Irvington Public Schools registration page.
Complete pre-registration online
Submit the required student and parent/guardian information.
Wait for the school’s registration appointment
The school schedules a meeting after the student has been fully pre-registered.
Bring original documents
The 2026–27 registration page specifically instructs families to bring all required originals to the registration visit.
Documents district registration guidance may require
Special Services rollover issue: the current 2026–27 registration page still links a Special Services registration packet labeled 2025–26. If your child has an IEP, bring the current IEP and ask Special Services/home school which packet should be used.
2026–27 Irvington preschool registration
Age 3
Child must meet the district’s October 1 age requirement.
Age 4
Child must meet the district’s October 1 age requirement.
Residency
Child must be an Irvington, New Jersey resident.
Registration location
97 Augusta Street, Irvington, NJ 07111.
Bring original preschool documents
Program cost: Irvington’s Early Childhood FAQ states that program fees for the Full Day/Full Year preschool program are paid through the Irvington Board of Education.
Grades, parent advocacy, translation and tech support
My Child’s Grades
Use the grade/student-information login reached through Irvington’s official parent navigation.
Parent Advocacy
Patricia Wilson serves as Community/Family Advocate and helps connect families with district/community services.
Language Translation
Login safety: enter parent/student credentials only on tools reached from Irvington Public Schools or the student’s official school page.
Use the correct transportation contact
General district transportation
Buildings/Grounds/Transportation handles general operational transportation questions.
Special-education transportation
Special Services gives families a separate transportation contact for students receiving applicable services.
IEP transportation question? Start with Special Services rather than assuming the general transportation office can change a disability-related transportation provision.
Do not carry the 2025–26 “free meals” statement into 2026–27
Irvington’s Food Service page provides meal applications, downloadable forms, menus and nutrition contacts.
Current-year warning: the page currently says breakfast and lunch were free to all students for 2025–26. Because that statement is explicitly tied to the prior school year, this article does not call 2026–27 meals universally free until Irvington posts a current-year confirmation.
Meal application
An online free/reduced-price meal application remains linked by the district.
Languages
Downloadable meal forms are listed in English, Spanish and French.
Menus
Use the live Food Service page for current school menus and program notices.
Existing IEP, evaluation request or no placement?
Existing IEP
Contact the student’s assigned case manager first.
Request an evaluation
Send a signed written letter outlining your concerns and contact information.
No placement
Contact the Special Services office at the district’s no-placement extension.
Written evaluation request
Dr. Edward Wilson, Director of Special Services
164 Orange Avenue
Irvington, NJ 07111
Concerned a child may need special-education services?
Irvington links New Jersey’s Project Child Find, an awareness and referral service intended to help identify unserved children from birth through age 21.
Birth to age 3
Families concerned about infant/toddler development can contact the Essex County Early Intervention Service Coordinator.
Ages 3–21
For preschool/school-age evaluation questions, contact the public-school district or county Child Study Team route.
SEPAG / Special Education Parent Advisory Group
Irvington’s Special Education Parent Advisory Group provides a forum for families to give district-level input about programs and services for students with disabilities.
Do not reuse old meeting dates: the currently indexed SEPAG page still displays 2025–26 meeting dates. Contact Special Services for the current 2026–27 schedule.
How to report an HIB concern
Identify the student’s school
Each Irvington school has a school-level Anti-Bullying Specialist.
Report the incident
School procedures provide phone, email and written-letter reporting routes.
Include useful facts
Give the date, location, what happened, people involved and witnesses or evidence.
Anonymous reporting is possible
Irvington school HIB procedures state that reports can be made anonymously.
Immediate danger: a school HIB process is not an emergency-response system. Use appropriate emergency services when someone faces an immediate threat.
School closing and delayed-opening rules
Website update target
The district says it makes every effort to post closure/delay information by 6:30 a.m.
Automated call
Parents also receive automated telephone notification when the district activates it.
Delayed opening
The district’s current delayed-opening page lists students reporting at 10:00 a.m.
No before-school programs
Before-school programs are cancelled during a delayed opening.
2026–27 planning: Irvington has already published a current Emergency Virtual or Remote Instruction Plan for the 2026–27 school year.
2026–27 Title I and parent-right notices are already being posted
Irvington posted new July 30, 2026 Parent Right to Know and Title I Participation notices. The district identifies Title I Schoolwide Programs across its schools.
Parent notices
Use the current Parent Advocacy page rather than a saved 2025–26 notice.
Title I
School-level family-engagement policies and meetings may be posted separately by each school.
School-year rollover
Check the publication date before relying on testing, Title I, handbook or family-engagement documents.
Transcript, OPRA or private student record?
| You need | Correct route |
|---|---|
| Irvington High School transcript | Use the official IHS Transcript Request Form. |
| Public Board/district record | Submit an OPRA request. |
| Private student’s education file | Use the school/student-record process—not ordinary OPRA. |
| Pass the Trash personnel-history request | Use the district’s dedicated Pass the Trash contact. |
Transcript without Gmail: Irvington High School says users without a Gmail account can complete the downloadable transcript form and bring it to the main office with accepted identification.
Private records: do not send IEPs, medical documents, student IDs, Social Security information, custody papers or transcripts to BoardofEducations.org.
2026–27 budget: use the right stage of the budget process
Irvington published a 2026–27 Advertised Budget notice in March 2026.
Do not call an advertised/proposed number the final adopted budget. When quoting a final district expenditure, tax or fund figure, verify the most recent Board/business-office record first.
Looking for Irvington Public Schools jobs?
The district maintains a separate recruiting site for current teaching, certificated and support opportunities.
Teaching / certificated
Current recruiting material includes multiple PK–12 teaching and specialist areas.
Other openings
Use the live district employment system because openings, qualifications and deadlines change.
Cannot access an agenda, form or district document?
The Board agenda page specifically states that the district is working to improve content accessibility and asks people who cannot access an item to contact 973-399-6808.
Looking for another nearby Board of Education?
Newark Board of Education
Use for Newark Public Schools rather than Irvington Public Schools.
East Orange Board
East Orange uses a separate district, Board and school calendar.
Orange Board of Education
Use for the Orange Public Schools district rather than Irvington.
Common Irvington school search problems
📍 I found Irvington, New York
Fix: this guide covers Irvington Public Schools in New Jersey at irvington.k12.nj.us.
🏛️ I planned to attend the August meeting in person
Fix: current 2026–27 meetings are virtual until further notice.
📅 I found two June Board dates
Fix: the official annual notice itself lists both June 9 and June 2, 2027. Verify the meeting-specific June notice.
🎤 I need the public-comment deadline
Fix: the annual 2026–27 notice does not state one. Use the meeting-specific agenda/legal notice instead of an old deadline.
📅 I need the exact first/last school day
Fix: use the district’s live Printable 2026–27 Calendar rather than a copied third-party calendar.
📝 I finished online registration
Fix: wait for the school appointment and bring the required originals.
🧸 I need preschool
Fix: use the separate Early Childhood registration process and preschool document checklist.
🍎 I read that all meals are free
Fix: the current universal-free statement is specifically labeled 2025–26. Verify 2026–27 status.
♿ I want my child evaluated
Fix: send the signed written concerns to Dr. Edward Wilson / Special Services.
🚌 My child has special-ed transportation
Fix: use the Special Services transportation contact, not only the general transportation office.
🌨️ I am not sure school is open
Fix: check the district website and School Messenger; students report at 10:00 a.m. under the currently posted delayed-opening schedule.
📄 I need a private student record
Fix: use the school/student-record process rather than treating the request as ordinary OPRA.
Irvington Board of Education FAQs
Which Irvington Board of Education does this guide cover?
This guide covers Irvington Public Schools in Irvington, New Jersey. It does not cover Irvington Union Free School District in New York.
When is the next Irvington Board of Education meeting?
As of August 17, 2026, the next listed meeting is Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Irvington says 2026–27 Board meetings are virtual until further notice.
Are Irvington Board meetings in person or virtual?
The current 2026–27 annual meeting notice says Irvington Board of Education meetings will be held virtually until further notice. Check each meeting-specific notice in case the format changes.
Who is President of the Irvington Board of Education?
Syesha Benbow is currently listed as Board President. Janelle Lowery is Board Vice President.
Why are two June 2027 Irvington Board dates listed?
The district’s own 2026–27 annual notice currently lists both June 9 and June 2, 2027. This guide does not guess which date was intended. Verify the meeting-specific notice when June approaches.
How do I register a student in Irvington Public Schools?
Complete the official online pre-registration first. Once the child is fully pre-registered, the school schedules a registration meeting, and the family should bring all required original documents.
Who qualifies for Irvington preschool in 2026–27?
The current Early Childhood registration page says children must be three or four years old under the district’s October 1 age rule and must be residents of Irvington, New Jersey.
Are Irvington school meals free in 2026–27?
The district Food Service page currently says breakfast and lunch were free for all students in 2025–26. Because that wording is tied to the prior school year, families should verify the district’s 2026–27 meal status before assuming universal free meals continue.
How do I request a special-education evaluation?
Irvington Special Services asks families to send a signed written letter outlining their concerns and contact information to Dr. Edward Wilson, Director of Special Services, 164 Orange Avenue, Irvington, NJ 07111.
How do I make an OPRA request to Irvington Public Schools?
For qualifying public records, Irvington lists oprarequests@irvington.k12.nj.us. OPRA is different from requesting a private student’s education file or an Irvington High School transcript.
Final Irvington verification checklist
Correct Irvington?
Confirm you are using Irvington Public Schools in New Jersey.
Current school year?
Check that the page, form or notice says 2026–27 before relying on it.
Private information?
Only send enrollment, health, IEP, custody or identity records through official school/district channels.
Fresh audit coverage: live BoardofEducations.org article structure, current nine-member Board roster, Superintendent, 2026–27 Board schedule, agendas/minutes archive, official 2026–27 calendar route, K–12 registration, preschool, school directory, parent tools, translation, general and special-ed transportation, Food Service, Special Services, Project Child Find, SEPAG, HIB procedures, emergency closings, remote instruction, Title I parent notices, transcripts, OPRA, budget notices, careers and accessibility contacts were checked for this rebuild.
Independent-site notice: BoardofEducations.org is an informational guide and is not Irvington Public Schools, the Irvington Board of Education, the Township of Irvington or the New Jersey Department of Education. Current official Board notices, school calendars, enrollment decisions, student records and district policies control.