Find Trumbull School Dates, BOE Meetings, Registration & Parent Services
The Trumbull Board of Education oversees Trumbull Public Schools in Trumbull, Connecticut. This guide brings together the school calendar, BOE meetings, schools, attendance boundaries, registration, Infinite Campus, transportation, health requirements and Board records families commonly need.
It also explains easy-to-miss details such as conflicting official meeting-pattern statements, homeowner versus renter registration documents, kindergarten exemptions, bus-stop change rules, snow-day calendar changes, stale school-year forms and the correct department to contact before escalating a concern.
Trumbull Board of Education at a glance
Administration
Long Hill Administration Building, 6254 Main Street, Trumbull, CT 06611.
Main district line
Superintendent
Martin J. Semmel, Ed.D.
Board members
Eight regular members are currently listed.
Elementary
Six K–5 attendance areas.
Middle schools
Hillcrest and Madison.
2026–27 first day
August 27, 2026.
Planned last day
June 11, 2027, subject to weather changes.
Correct entity: this article covers Trumbull Public Schools in Trumbull, Connecticut. It does not cover school districts in Trumbull County, Ohio.
The district Board page is the final source for current membership, contacts and Board navigation.
Verify the Trumbull Board of Education →Should you contact the Board, school or a district department?
Many searches for the Trumbull Board of Education are actually attempts to solve a school-level or department-level problem. Starting with the correct contact usually produces a faster answer.
| Your issue | Best first contact | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Board policy or BOE meeting | Board resources | This is governance-level business. |
| Classroom concern | Teacher | District Policy 1312 starts classroom concerns closest to the issue. |
| Attendance or dismissal | School office | The school has the student’s current attendance and dismissal information. |
| New student registration | Central Registration | Residency and enrollment documentation are handled centrally. |
| Bus or stop problem | Transportation | Route, BusZone and Action Report information is handled there. |
| IEP / special education | School / Pupil Services | Specialized procedures and student-specific records apply. |
| Meal account | Food Services | Menus, MySchoolBucks and assistance forms are managed there. |
How to escalate a classroom concern correctly
The Board page directs parents and guardians to BOE Policy 1312. For classroom-based concerns, the district identifies a progression rather than recommending that families begin with individual Board members.
Teacher
Begin with the teacher when the concern originates in a classroom.
Appropriate intermediate administrator
At THS this may include a Department Chair or House Principal; at Hillcrest or Madison it may include an Assistant Principal.
Principal
Escalate unresolved school-level concerns to the building principal.
Assistant Superintendent
The Board page identifies district administration as a later step in the classroom-concern pathway.
Use the current policy library and open Policy 1312 for the actual district rule.
Open Trumbull BOE policies →Current Trumbull Board of Education members
The district Board page listed these eight regular members when this article was rechecked on August 14, 2026.
Christopher Bandecchi
Board member
Stacey Hepburn-James
Board member
Tammy McGee
Board member
Julia McNamee
Board member
Lisa Nuland
Board member
Marie Petitti
Board member
Alison Squiccimarro
Board member
Lucinda Timpanelli
Board member
🎓 Student Board members
Danielle Lyon and Naomi Mickens are currently listed.
🍎 Teacher representative
Nedda Carrano is currently listed as teacher representative.
Do not freeze leadership titles into a letter from an old article. Recheck the current Board page before addressing formal correspondence because membership and officer roles can change.
When does the Trumbull Board of Education meet?
Two live Trumbull Public Schools pages currently give different recurring schedules. This makes the specific dated meeting notice more reliable than either general statement.
Board overview
Says meetings are generally on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday, except holidays and school vacations.
Dedicated Meetings page
Says meetings are generally on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday, except holidays and school vacations.
Use the dated meeting entry as the source of truth. The official 2026 list itself includes meetings on different Tuesdays, Thursdays and a Monday special meeting.
Examples from the 2026 Board list
| Date | Type | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 6 | BOE | First Tuesday. |
| Jan. 8 | BOE | Thursday. |
| Feb. 10 | BOE | Second Tuesday. |
| Mar. 17 | BOE | Third Tuesday. |
| Apr. 9 | BOE | Thursday. |
| June 29 | Special BOE | Monday special meeting. |
| July 7 | BOE | First Tuesday. |
| Aug. 11 | BOE | District calendar listed 7:00 p.m. at Long Hill Auditorium. |
Before attending a meeting
Find the dated meeting
Do not calculate a Tuesday from a recurring schedule statement.
Confirm meeting type
Distinguish regular BOE meetings from Finance, Curriculum, Facilities, Policy Committee and special meetings.
Open the packet
The Board page says agendas and packets are usually posted a day or two before meetings.
Confirm location and time
Long Hill is commonly used, but committee and special meetings can use different rooms or locations.
Use the dated meeting list and packet rather than a recurring schedule rule.
Check current Trumbull BOE meetings →Agenda, packet, minutes and committees: what is the difference?
| Record | Use it for | Important limitation |
|---|---|---|
| Agenda | Topics planned for discussion or action. | It is not proof of final action. |
| Packet | Reports, presentations and backup documents. | Additional documents may later be posted. |
| Minutes | Formal meeting record. | Match the exact meeting and committee. |
| Finance Committee | Budget and financial work. | Not every Finance meeting is a full BOE meeting. |
| Curriculum Committee | Curriculum-related Board work. | Committee discussion is distinct from full-Board action. |
| Facilities Committee | Buildings and facilities matters. | Do not confuse it with Hillcrest Building Committee meetings. |
| Policy Committee | Policy development and review. | Policy Committee also has its own public meetings. |
The 2026 minutes archive currently contains Board, Curriculum, Facilities, Finance and Policy Committee records, making the meeting type as important as the date.
Use the official minutes archive instead of a social-media summary or old news headline.
Search official BOE minutes →Policy Committee meetings have a separate public-input role
The district describes the Policy Committee as a body intended to encourage community involvement in improving existing policy and proposing new policy.
🗣️ Public comment
The district states that Policy Committee agendas include a designated public-comment period.
👪 Advisory participation
The committee structure can include parent/guardian, community, staff and student advisory representation.
📧 Written input
The district says community input may be sent to the administrative designee and notes that email can be subject to FOIA disclosure.
Trumbull Public Schools calendar: major dates and weather warning
The district publishes a Board-approved printable calendar plus a live calendar. The printable PDF is best for planned school-year dates; the live calendar is better for updates, school events, Board meetings and alerts.
First student day
August 27, 2026.
Educator PD
August 24–26, 2026.
Planned last day
June 11, 2027.
Calendar alerts
The live calendar supports print, subscribe and alert options.
Major school-year dates
| Date | Calendar item | Parent planning note |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 27, 2026 | First full student day | Student year begins. |
| Sept. 7 | Labor Day | No regular school. |
| Sept. 15 | Early dismissal | Use level-specific dismissal times. |
| Sept. 21 | Yom Kippur | No regular school. |
| Oct. 12 | October holiday | Check current calendar before childcare planning. |
| Nov. 17 | Early dismissal | Use official school-hours table. |
| Nov. 26–27 | Thanksgiving recess | No regular classes. |
| Dec. 23 | Early dismissal | Before winter recess. |
| Dec. 24–31 | Winter recess | Check January reopening on current calendar. |
| Jan. 18, 2027 | MLK Jr. Day | No regular school. |
| Jan. 19 | Early dismissal | Level-specific dismissal applies. |
| Feb. 12 | No school | Part of February break schedule. |
| Feb. 15–16 | Holiday period | No regular school. |
| Mar. 26 | Good Friday | No regular school. |
| Mar. 29 | Professional development | No school for students. |
| Apr. 12–16 | Vacation week | Spring break period. |
| May 18 | Early dismissal | Use current dismissal schedule. |
| May 31 | Memorial Day | No regular school. |
| June 11 | Planned final day | Subject to weather adjustments. |
Snow-day rule: the district explicitly says its Board-approved PDF calendars do not reflect snow days. Do not book travel from the planned June 11 last day without checking the live calendar again.
Use the live district calendar to check closures, events, Board meetings and later updates.
Check the current Trumbull school calendar →Report cards, conferences and assessment dates need a current-year check
The district has a dedicated Report Card, Conference and Key Assessment Dates page and says teachers post student progress information through Infinite Campus under BOE Policy 5124.
Important August 2026 finding: the public report-card page was still displaying 2025–26 trimester, quarter and conference dates when this article was checked. Do not relabel those old dates as 2026–27 dates.
📊 Student-specific information
Use Infinite Campus for grades, report cards, attendance and district assessments associated with the student.
📅 District reporting schedule
Use the current reporting-date page once 2026–27 dates replace the prior-year schedule.
Unanticipated school closings can also change reporting periods, so even a published reporting calendar may later need adjustment.
Trumbull schools: addresses and main-office phone numbers
The table below uses school main-office/general lines where available rather than confusing a principal’s direct directory number with the school’s main contact.
| School | Level | Address | Main contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Hill Elementary | Elementary | 545 Booth Hill Road | 203-452-4377 |
| Daniels Farm Elementary | Elementary | 710 Daniels Farm Road | 203-452-4388 |
| Frenchtown Elementary | Elementary | 30 Frenchtown Road | 203-452-4227 |
| Jane Ryan Elementary | Elementary | 190 Park Lane | 203-452-4400 |
| Middlebrook Elementary | Elementary | 220 Middlebrooks Avenue | 203-452-4411 |
| Tashua Elementary | Elementary | 401 Stonehouse Road | 203-452-4433 |
| Hillcrest Middle School | Middle | 530 Daniels Farm Road | 203-452-4466 |
| Madison Middle School | Middle | 4630 Madison Avenue | 203-452-4499 |
| Trumbull High School | High | 72 Strobel Road | 203-452-4555 phone tree |
| Trumbull Early Childhood Education Center | Pre-K | 240 Middlebrooks Avenue | 203-452-4422 |
Why phone type matters: a district directory can list a principal’s contact beside the school name while the school website publishes a different main-office line. This table prioritizes the main school contact for ordinary parent calls.
How to find the correct Trumbull elementary or middle school
Do not rely on a real-estate listing or whichever school appears closest on a map. Trumbull maintains official street-level elementary and middle-school assignments.
🏘️ Six elementary zones
Booth Hill, Daniels Farm, Frenchtown, Jane Ryan, Middlebrook and Tashua.
📚 Two middle-school zones
Hillcrest and Madison.
🔄 Recheck each year
The district FAQ warns that boundaries can vary from one year to the next.
Enter the street name
Use the district Search by Street tool.
Read both assignments
The street listing can identify elementary and middle-school placement.
Verify before registration or moving
Do not rely on an older PDF if a current street lookup is available.
Residency rule: the district FAQ says Trumbull does not accept tuition students; students must reside in the Town of Trumbull to attend Trumbull Public Schools.
Use the official street search rather than guessing from distance.
Search Trumbull school boundaries →Trumbull Public Schools registration: documents and exact workflow
Trumbull uses a full online registration system for new K–12 students. The active registration year shown during this audit is September 2026 through June 2027.
Do not use a cell phone. The registration page explicitly recommends a laptop, desktop or tablet and says the form will not work correctly on a cell phone.
Confirm Trumbull residency
Check the student’s residence and current school assignment before starting.
Select September 2026–June 2027
Choosing the wrong enrollment year can create avoidable processing problems.
Gather identity and residency documents
Prepare parent ID, birth certificate and the correct homeowner, renter or guardianship evidence.
Complete the online registration
The district allows a form to be submitted before every document is uploaded, but enrollment is not fully processed until all required documents are received.
Complete health requirements
A student cannot begin school without the required immunization record and Connecticut Health Assessment.
Release prior school records
Complete the Release of Records when the student previously attended another school.
Core documents
If you own the home
If you rent or live with another homeowner
If the student lives with a guardian
Can’t upload a document? The district currently allows missing documents to be sent to registration@trumbullps.org, arranged through 203-452-4348, or mailed to Central Registration, 6254 Main Street, Trumbull, CT 06611.
Use the official registration system only after choosing the correct year and residency category.
Start Trumbull student registration →2026–27 kindergarten age cutoff and exemption
Standard enrollment
Kindergarten is open to children turning five on or before September 1, unless an exemption is granted.
Exemption window
For 2026–27, the district provides an exemption process for a child turning five after September 1, 2026 and on or before January 1, 2027.
An age exemption is not automatic admission. Follow the district’s exemption process when the child’s fifth birthday falls after the normal cutoff.
Pre-K is separate: families seeking the Trumbull Early Childhood Education Center should contact TECEC at 203-452-4422 rather than using normal K–12 enrollment as a Pre-K application.
Physical exams and immunizations that can delay school entry
Trumbull requires valid physical-exam and immunization documentation at several stages. New students are not admitted until the required health assessment has been reviewed by a school nurse.
🆕 Entering or returning
Required when enrolling, entering or returning to the district in any grade.
🧸 TECEC
Required before entry and annually while enrolled.
5️⃣ Kindergarten
Required before entry; additional timing applies when a child starts kindergarten before age five.
3️⃣ Grade 3
Required grade-level physical.
6️⃣ Grade 6
Required grade-level physical.
9️⃣ Grade 9
Required grade-level physical.
June 1 exclusion rule: the district says students in grades 3, 6 and 9 without required physical-exam documentation by June 1 may be excluded after June 1 under BOE Policy 5141.3.
The Health Forms page includes K–12 and Pre-K assessment forms plus asthma, allergy, medication, seizure and other health forms.
Open Trumbull student health forms →Regular Trumbull school hours
| Level | Regular day | Extra detail |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary | 8:35 a.m.–3:20 p.m. | Different legal-day and delayed-opening schedules apply. |
| Middle schools | 7:35 a.m.–2:30 p.m. | Late runs listed at 3:20 and 4:00. |
| Trumbull High School | 7:25 a.m.–2:25 p.m. | Late run listed at 3:10. |
Do not calculate delay times yourself. The district publishes separate schedules for a legal day, 90-minute delay, two-hour delay, 2½-hour delay and inclement-weather early closing. TECEC and specialized programs may have different rules.
Match the announced delay category to the official school-hours table.
Check current Trumbull school hours →How Trumbull families receive school closure and emergency notices
The district says emergency, delay, closure and early-dismissal notices are distributed through multiple channels.
📱 Phone, text & email
Families should confirm contact information and notification access with the child’s school.
🌐 District website
Closure and emergency information is also posted on the Trumbull Public Schools home page.
📺 Local media
The district also lists local television and radio outlets as notification sources.
Best practice: use the district notification plus the current School Hours page. A closure notice and a delayed-opening schedule solve different parts of the problem.
Review the district’s emergency-notification channels before winter weather or other disruptions.
Open emergency notification information →What Trumbull Infinite Campus provides
Infinite Campus is the parent-specific student information system used by Trumbull Public Schools.
✅ Attendance
View student attendance information.
📊 Grades
Review student grade information.
📄 Report cards
Access electronically published report-card information.
🧪 Assessments
View applicable district assessment information.
Protect credentials: do not submit a Parent Portal username, password, grades or student screenshot to an unofficial help page.
Start from the district’s Infinite Campus information page before entering credentials.
Open Trumbull Infinite Campus information →BusZone, bus-stop changes, incidents and transportation opt-out
☎ Transportation
Department phone: 203-452-4321.
📍 BusZone
Provides near-real-time school-bus location plus scheduled and estimated arrival information.
📝 Action Report
Bus-stop changes and transportation concerns must be submitted in writing.
Requesting a bus-stop change
Read the transportation policy
Most stops are based on the nearest intersecting street or neighborhood cluster unless special conditions apply.
Submit an Action Report
The district requires the stop-change request or transportation concern in writing.
Expect acknowledgement
The district says written requests are acknowledged within 48 hours after receipt.
Allow route-review time
Some changes can take several weeks, especially while beginning-of-year routes are being stabilized. Emergencies and safety concerns are handled immediately.
Two-week inactivity rule: a student who is not at the assigned bus stop for two consecutive weeks may be considered inactive and removed from the route. Notify Transportation about a planned temporary absence.
Transportation incident report: information to have ready
Opting out
Use Transportation for the live tools and forms.
Open Trumbull Transportation →School menus, MySchoolBucks and free/reduced meal application
🍎 Menus
The district separates elementary, middle and high-school breakfast/lunch menus and price resources.
💳 MySchoolBucks
Families can fund and review student meal accounts online.
☎ Food Services
Current MySchoolBucks fee: the district page lists a fixed $3.50 transaction fee. It states that this fee is associated with MySchoolBucks rather than the district Food Service department.
Freshness problem found August 14, 2026: the district’s Free and Reduced Lunch page still says the posted application is valid only for the 2025–26 school year. Do not submit that older-year application as a 2026–27 application without first verifying that Food Services has replaced or reauthorized it.
Check Food Service immediately before using a price or household-assistance form.
Check current Trumbull Food Service information →Special education, 504, mental-health and school-climate help
The Division of Pupil Personnel Services supports students with disabilities and other individualized needs and publishes parent-facing special-education resources.
🧩 Special education
The district provides Connecticut’s Parent’s Guide to Special Education, procedural safeguards and related resources.
📘 Section 504
The Pupil Services resource area includes the district 504 Manual and related support.
🧠 Mental health
The department links school-community mental-health resources and district support personnel.
Use Pupil Services for current manuals, safeguards, department contacts and school-climate information.
Open Trumbull Pupil Services →English learner and multilingual-family support
Trumbull Public Schools provides English as a Second Language support based on student language proficiency and maintains multilingual-family resources.
🌎 ESL/ML services
Services are provided across schools based on student language needs.
👪 Parent Bill of Rights
The district links multilingual learner parent-rights information in multiple languages.
Current ML contact: the district lists the K–12 Multilingual Learner department contact at 203-452-5510.
Use the district’s Multilingual Learner resource for current contacts and parent-rights information.
Open Multilingual Learner resources →What parents should know before volunteering in a Trumbull school
All individuals seeking to volunteer in Trumbull Public Schools must complete the district’s School Volunteer Security Check before volunteering.
Complete the current district security-check process before the event instead of assuming a prior-year approval remains valid.
Open Trumbull volunteer information →FOIA requests and student working papers
📄 Freedom of Information request
Requests for copies or printouts should be made in writing. The district provides an FOI request form that can serve as the written request.
Response: the district says it will respond within five business days.
💼 Working papers
Students who live in Trumbull can obtain working papers through the Trumbull High School Main Office.
THS: 203-452-4555.
FOIA timing: a response within five business days does not necessarily mean the entire record request will be completed within five days. The district may respond with the expected completion timing.
Working papers: what to bring
The THS page currently lists working-paper issuance Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.. Recheck before making a special trip.
Annual notifications, student records and non-discrimination contacts
The Board maintains annual policy notifications covering topics families may not search for until a problem occurs.
🔐 Student records
Annual notifications include Policy 5125 concerning confidentiality and maintenance of student records.
🤝 Civility & conduct
Annual notifications include civility, respectful conduct and other community-facing policies.
⚖️ Non-discrimination
District resources identify contacts for Section 504/ADA and Title VI/Title IX questions.
Use Annual Notifications and the policy library instead of an outdated PDF saved elsewhere.
Open current annual notifications →How to follow the Trumbull 2026–27 school budget
The Board’s Budget page keeps the major stages of the 2026–27 process together, including the Budget Book, Board presentations, Town presentations and final adopted-budget documents.
📘 Budget Book
Use it for the detailed proposed spending plan and supporting assumptions.
🗓️ Presentations
The page preserves budget material presented through the Board, Board of Finance and Town Council process.
✅ Adopted budget
The page lists June 29 FY2027 adopted-budget material and a June 30 adopted-budget-by-location document.
Proposal vs adopted budget: do not quote an early superintendent or BOE proposal as the final FY27 budget. Use the final adopted documents when the amount matters.
Start from the adopted-budget section rather than an older budget headline.
Open the Trumbull BOE budget archive →District Master Plan and Hillcrest building meetings
Trumbull’s District-Wide Master Plan examines school facilities, enrollment projections and long-term educational space needs. Hillcrest Middle School building work has its own agendas, minutes and planned-meeting schedule.
Do not confuse meeting bodies: a Hillcrest Middle School Building Committee meeting is not automatically a regular Trumbull Board of Education meeting, even when dates appear in the same district planning environment.
Use the Master Plan page for Hillcrest committee agendas, minutes and long-range facilities information.
Open the Trumbull District Master Plan →Useful Trumbull Public Schools phone numbers
Call script: state the student’s school and grade, your callback number, and one precise task—for example, “I need help confirming which residency documents apply because we live with the homeowner.” That is easier to route than asking only for “the Board of Education.”
Common Trumbull school problems and the fastest fix
Meeting schedules conflict
Fix: use the specific dated meeting and packet, not either recurring Tuesday statement.
Calendar says June 11
Fix: treat June 11 as planned, then check snow-day changes before travel.
Registration will not work on phone
Fix: use a laptop, desktop or tablet.
Residency upload is confusing
Fix: first identify homeowner, renter/non-homeowner or guardianship status.
Registration submitted but student cannot start
Fix: confirm nurse-approved physical and immunization documentation.
Parent Portal login fails
Fix: contact the student’s school instead of sharing credentials elsewhere.
You want a different bus stop
Fix: review transportation policy and submit the written Action Report.
Student temporarily stopped riding the bus
Fix: notify Transportation so the two-week inactivity rule does not unexpectedly remove the student.
Meal application says 2025–26
Fix: verify the 2026–27 application with Food Services before sending household data.
Report-card page shows old dates
Fix: do not reuse 2025–26 dates; monitor the current page and Infinite Campus.
FOIA has not been completed in five days
Fix: distinguish the district’s five-day response requirement from final production of records.
Real-estate site names a school
Fix: confirm the street in the district boundary tool before registration.
Trumbull Board of Education FAQs
What is the Trumbull Board of Education address and phone number?
Trumbull Public Schools is based at the Long Hill Administration Building, 6254 Main Street, Trumbull, CT 06611. The district main phone number is 203-452-4300.
When does the Trumbull Board of Education meet?
Two current district pages conflict: one says first and third Tuesdays while the dedicated Meetings page says second and fourth Tuesdays. The actual 2026 meeting list varies, so always use the specific dated meeting entry and packet.
Where can I find Trumbull BOE agendas and minutes?
Use the official Meetings page for current meeting packets and the Minutes page for formal posted meeting records. Make sure you distinguish full Board meetings from Finance, Curriculum, Facilities and Policy Committee records.
When is the first day of Trumbull Public Schools in 2026–27?
The current calendar lists August 27, 2026 as the first full student day. Educator professional-development days are scheduled immediately before the first student day.
When is the last day of Trumbull Public Schools in 2027?
The district currently lists June 11, 2027 as the planned last day. Its calendar page specifically warns that Board-approved PDF calendars do not reflect snow days, so the final date can change.
How do I know which Trumbull school my child will attend?
Use the district’s Search by Street tool on the District Boundaries page. Trumbull has six elementary attendance areas and two middle-school attendance areas, and boundaries may change between school years.
What documents do I need for Trumbull school registration?
Prepare parent or guardian ID, the child’s birth certificate, residency documentation, Connecticut health documentation and a Release of Records when the student previously attended another school. Homeowners, renters/non-homeowners and guardians have different residency-document requirements.
Can I register a Trumbull student using my phone?
The district explicitly recommends using a laptop, desktop or tablet and says not to use a cell phone for the online registration form.
How do I request a Trumbull school bus-stop change?
Review the transportation policy and submit the written Transportation Action Report. The district says written requests are acknowledged within 48 hours, but some changes may take several weeks while routes are stabilized.
What information can parents see in Infinite Campus?
Authorized parents and guardians can access student attendance, grades, report cards and applicable district assessment information. Contact the child’s school when you need a new account or cannot access an existing account.
Final verification checklist
Meeting
Check the dated meeting, exact time, location and packet.
Calendar
Check current snow-day impact before relying on the final school date.
Student information
Use a district-linked registration, portal, records or transportation route before sharing private data.
Audit scope: this article was rechecked on August 14, 2026 against Trumbull Public Schools Board, Meetings, Minutes, Policies, Annual Notifications, Calendar, District Boundaries, Registration, Infinite Campus, Transportation, Health Services, School Hours, Emergency Notifications, Food Service, Pupil Services, Multilingual Learner, school contact pages, FAQ, Budget and facilities resources.
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