Megan Reilly

North Kingstown School Committee Member

School Committee · Current officeholder

Megan Reilly joined the School Committee in December 2024. Her campaign stressed oversight, administrative accountability, and keeping policy work separate from day-to-day district management. She now co-chairs the Building Advisory Committee.

Current office
North Kingstown School Committee Member
Representation
North Kingstown
Current status
In office
Last profile review
September 26, 2026

Overview

Current office
North Kingstown School Committee Member
Body
School Committee
First took office
December 2024
Representation
North Kingstown

Committee assignments

What they say they focus on

These come from campaigns, voter guides, websites, public statements, or self-published pages. They are what the person said, not verified accomplishments.

Campaign position

Campaign themes

What they said. Campaign material emphasized budget oversight, policy, superintendent oversight, educational quality, clearer administrative structure, and staying out of daily district management.

Documented record

Votes, motions, agenda requests, and other actions found in official records.

Newest first. Seconding a motion is not a yes vote. Actions by the full Council or Committee are labeled separately.

Disputed accounts

Private library meeting: disputed accounts

Other

In August 2026, Committee members publicly disagreed over a lengthy private meeting involving two members. The Committee attorney stated there was no Open Meetings Act violation because no quorum was present. Accounts of what was discussed were disputed.

Accounts conflict. This page does not pick a side.

Month taken from secondary reporting (August 2026).

Secondary reporting

Uprise RI · August 2026

North Kingstown School Committee members trade accusations of lying over chair’s three-hour library meeting

Verified official record

Building Advisory Committee: construction oversight questions

Committee action

Building Advisory Committee minutes record Reilly asking questions involving project oversight, accountability, RIDE feedback, RFQ/RFP processes, disclosure of feedback, and payments made to Perkins Eastman.

Official record

North Kingstown School Department · Feb 11, 2025

Building Advisory Committee Minutes, February 12, 2025

Verified official record

Potential gymnasium work: committee opposition

Vote: No

Building Committee minutes record Reilly as the sole opposition to a motion involving $16 million in potential gymnasium work at Fishing Cove and Forest Park if funding became available.

The minutes describe potential work if funding became available.

Official record

North Kingstown School Department · Feb 11, 2025

Building Advisory Committee Minutes, February 12, 2025

Verified official record

Add $16 million to the CIP: second and vote

Motion seconded

Reilly seconded Case's motion to add $16 million to the school Capital Improvement Plan. She then voted against it. The motion passed 3-2.

A second is not a yes vote. Reilly seconded, then voted no.

Result: Motion passed 3-2

Roll call

Yes
Dr. Erin W. Earle, Robert Case, Sheri Kennedy
No
Jennifer Lima, Megan Reilly

Official record

North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025

NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions

Verified official record

Add $16 million to the CIP: vote no

Vote: No

After seconding the motion, Reilly voted against adding $16 million to the Capital Improvement Plan.

Result: Motion passed 3-2

Roll call

Yes
Dr. Erin W. Earle, Robert Case, Sheri Kennedy
No
Jennifer Lima, Megan Reilly

Official record

North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025

NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions

Verified official record

Title IX / anti-harassment policy revisions

Vote: Yes

Reilly voted yes on the unanimous Title IX / anti-harassment policy action.

Result: Passed unanimously

Official record

North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025

NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions

Verified official record

Wickford Middle School planned capacity increase

Vote: Yes

Reilly voted yes on the unanimous planned-capacity / reimbursement motion.

Result: Passed unanimously

Official record

North Kingstown School Department · Feb 10, 2025

NK Stage 2 Addendum No. 2a: February 11, 2025 School Committee actions

Shared School Committee context

These items apply to the School Committee as a public body. They are not individual findings against this officeholder.

Verified official record

Rhode Island Attorney General Open Meetings Act decision

Legal/process findingInstitutional finding

The Rhode Island Attorney General found that the North Kingstown School Committee violated the Open Meetings Act in some respects because several June 2026 agenda items were not sufficiently descriptive. The decision rejected other allegations where no discussion or action occurred.

The finding applied to the School Committee as a public body. It is not an individual violation finding against any single member.

Institutional finding: attach to School Committee profiles as shared context.

Official record

Rhode Island Attorney General · Jul 21, 2026

Rhode Island Attorney General Open Meetings Act Decision OM 26-28

North Kingstown issues connected to this record

  • Schools & School Committee

    She seconded the $16 million CIP motion, then voted no. Building Advisory minutes also record her questions on oversight and payments.

    Read the Save NK issue brief →
  • Town Transparency

    Her page includes an ethics advisory opinion, disputed reporting about a private library meeting, and the Committee-wide Open Meetings Act finding.

    Read the Save NK issue brief →
  • Taxes, Bonds & Town Spending

    Building Advisory and CIP items on her record relate to school capital spending.

    Read the Save NK issue brief →

Ethics, disclosures & recusals

Officials sometimes ask for advisory opinions about outside jobs, recusals, or possible conflicts. When a public record exists, it is summarized here with what the deciding body concluded.

Verified official record

Rhode Island Ethics Commission Advisory Opinion 2025-31

Why they asked
Reilly asked whether she could keep working as a per-diem substitute teacher through Effective School Solutions while serving on the School Committee.
Outside relationship disclosed
She disclosed per-diem substitute work through Effective School Solutions (ESS), a private company that contracts with NKSD.
What the Commission concluded
The Ethics Commission said the employment was allowed.
Recusal requirements
She must recuse from School Committee matters that directly financially affect ESS, or where an authorized ESS representative appears before the Committee, with a public-comment exception described in the opinion.

This is an advisory opinion. It is not a finding that she violated the ethics code.

Sources

Every source used on this page is listed below. Town and school records are grouped separately from campaign statements and news reporting.

School Department records

Rhode Island agencies

Campaign and public statements

News reporting

  • North Kingstown School Committee members trade accusations of lying over chair’s three-hour library meeting

    Uprise RI · 2026-08 · Campaign or secondary source

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About this profile

Save North Kingstown builds these pages from public records, meeting materials, campaign statements, and other named sources. Campaign and self-published claims are labeled separately from government actions confirmed in primary records.

Last reviewed: September 26, 2026

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