Roster history

Every Cambridge School Committee since the 2018 term — 5 terms, 20 people. Six members are elected in November of odd years and seated the following January, for two years; the Mayor sits as the seventh.

By term

2026–27 (current)

• ChairDavid J. Weinstein
• Vice ChairCaitlin Dube
• Mayor · ex officioSumbul Siddiqui
• MemberElizabeth Hudson
• MemberArjun Jaikumar
• MemberRichard Harding, Jr.
• MemberLuisa de Paula Santos

2024–25

• Mayor · chairE. Denise Simmons
• Vice ChairCaroline M. Hunter
• MemberElizabeth Hudson
• MemberRichard Harding, Jr.
• MemberJosé Luis Rojas Villarreal
• MemberDavid J. Weinstein
• MemberRachel B. Weinstein

2022–23 (8 members over the term — a seat changed hands)

• Mayor · chairSumbul Siddiqui
• Vice ChairRachel B. Weinstein
• MemberAkriti Bhambi
• MemberAlfred B. "Fred" Fantini
• MemberCaroline M. Hunter
• MemberJosé Luis Rojas Villarreal
• MemberDavid J. Weinstein
• MemberAyesha M. Wilson

2020–21

• Mayor · chairSumbul Siddiqui
• Vice ChairManikka L. Bowman
• MemberAlfred B. "Fred" Fantini
• MemberJosé Luis Rojas Villarreal
• MemberDavid J. Weinstein
• MemberRachel B. Weinstein
• MemberAyesha M. Wilson

2018–19

• Mayor · chairMarc McGovern
• Vice ChairKathleen M. Kelly
• MemberManikka L. Bowman
• MemberEmily R. Dexter
• MemberAlfred B. "Fred" Fantini
• MemberLaurance V. Kimbrough
• MemberPatricia "Patty" M. Nolan

By member

Longest service first. A member who filled a seat mid-term is counted for that whole term.

• David J. Weinsteinserving4 terms · 2020–27Chair 2026–27
• Alfred B. "Fred" Fantini3 terms · 2018–23
• Sumbul Siddiquiserving3 terms · 2020–23, 2026–27Mayor · chair 2020–21 · Mayor · chair 2022–23 · Mayor · ex officio 2026–27
• José Luis Rojas Villarreal3 terms · 2020–25
• Rachel B. Weinstein3 terms · 2020–25Vice Chair 2022–23
• Manikka L. Bowman2 terms · 2018–21Vice Chair 2020–21
• Ayesha M. Wilson2 terms · 2020–23
• Caroline M. Hunter2 terms · 2022–25Vice Chair 2024–25
• Elizabeth Hudsonserving2 terms · 2024–27
• Richard Harding, Jr.serving2 terms · 2024–27
• Emily R. Dexter1 term · 2018–19
• Kathleen M. Kelly1 term · 2018–19Vice Chair 2018–19
• Laurance V. Kimbrough1 term · 2018–19
• Marc McGovern1 term · 2018–19Mayor · chair 2018–19
• Patricia "Patty" M. Nolan1 term · 2018–19
• Akriti Bhambi1 term · 2022–23
• E. Denise Simmons1 term · 2024–25Mayor · chair 2024–25
• Caitlin Dubeserving1 term · 2026–27Vice Chair 2026–27
• Arjun Jaikumarserving1 term · 2026–27
• Luisa de Paula Santosserving1 term · 2026–27

Where this comes from

Membership is drawn from the roll calls in the committee's own minutes: each term's roster is the set of members recorded voting. Who presided is read from the titles the minutes give them. Until 2026 the Mayor chaired the committee and it elected a Vice Chair from among its members; the city's new charter makes the Mayor an ordinary member, and in 2026 the committee elected its own Chair.

Thinner than the council's roster, which carries the date each seat was taken and left. The minutes before 2019 are not online, so terms earlier than 2018 are not shown here at all.