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Almont Community Schools Board of Education

33 meetings on our record, 15 of them from the past year and 18 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 09 min · 1,397 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026
Board meeting, 1 h 35 min
Newest meeting we have
Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Janaea Smith, President · Sheri Ankley, Trustee · Russell Buero, Secretary · Justin Burns, Trustee · Adam Eckardt, Vice President · Katie Rotarius, Trustee · James Wade, Treasurer

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source
Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 35 minMonday, September 21, 2026Reading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Janaea Smith, Adam Eckardt, James Wade, Russell Buero
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Work session · 2 h 25 minTuesday, September 15, 2026Chronic absenteeismEnrollmentSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Janaea Smith, Adam Eckardt, James Wade, Justin Burns
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Board meeting · 51 minMonday, August 24, 2026Chronic absenteeismReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Janaea Smith, Adam Eckardt, Russell Buero
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Special meeting · 24 minThursday, August 6, 2026Speakers: Janaea Smith, Adam Eckardt, James Wade, Russell Buero and 1 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 15 board meetings, Mar 17, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.
Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting
Janaea SmithPresident · runs the meeting, not rankedShare4.2min, at least10 of 15meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart4.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Sheri AnkleyTrustee · We could name only 25% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.4min, at least3 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Russell BueroSecretaryShare0.6min, at least9 of 15meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Justin BurnsTrusteeShare1.4min, at least3 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked6.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Adam EckardtVice PresidentShare0.9min, at least8 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Katie RotariusTrustee · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.5min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked8.5questions asked per meeting, at least
James WadeTreasurerShare0.7min, at least6 of 15meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record
All 33 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

May 26, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance12%8%–18%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–5%
Public comment1%0%–2%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 27% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

    Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

    Public comment

    Of the 33 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 23; 11 had at least one. The busiest, on Jul 27, 2026, heard from 3.

    3 on Jul 27, 20263 speakers2 speakers0.6 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 15 of the 33 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 21Sep 15Aug 24Aug 6Jul 27Jun 22Jun 16May 26May 18May 12May 11Apr 27Mar 24Mar 23Mar 17
    Russell BueroPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Janaea SmithPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Sheri AnkleyPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Adam EckardtPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    James WadePresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Katie RotariusPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Justin BurnsPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 2602670 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district