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Argyle Independent School District Board of Trustees

18 meetings on our record, 14 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 3 h 11 min · 5,414 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 3, 2026
Argyle ISD board hears demographic report projecting nearly 7,000 students this fallPlay 16:48
Newest meeting we have
Aug 3, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Leigh Ann Artho, Board member · Craig Hawkesworth, Vice President · Josh Westrom, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Special meeting · 1 h 04 minMonday, August 3, 2026Argyle ISD board hears demographic report projecting nearly 7,000 students this fallSpeakers: Leona McDade
Play 16:48
Board meeting · 3 h 14 minMonday, July 13, 2026Argyle ISD board takes up motion to appoint former trustee to vacant seatSpeakers: Matt Slaton, Leona McDade, Rich McDowell
Play 2:27:15
Board meeting · 4 h 54 minMonday, June 15, 2026Argyle ISD board approves compensation plan with 3% general pay increaseSpeakers: Matt Slaton, Leigh Ann Artho
Play 1:47:25
Special meeting · 3 h 08 minThursday, June 4, 2026Speakers: Matt Slaton, Leigh Ann Artho
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 14 board meetings, Nov 17, 2025 – Aug 3, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat0 members can be compared fairly; we rank at 4.
Coverage: about 63% of members’ speaking time named (24%–64%)

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
Sam SlatonBoard President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare4.7min, at least7 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Leigh Ann ArthoBoard member · We could name only 28% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share2.1min, at least6 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Craig HawkesworthVice President · We could name only 26% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.6min, at least9 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Leona McDadeBoard member · We could name only 23% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.6min, at least9 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Rich McDowellBoard member · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.7min, at least4 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Matt SlatonSecretary · We could name only 9% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.6min, at least5 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least
Josh WestromBoard member · We could name only 25% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.5min, at least6 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions 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 18 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

May 18, 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 finance10%5%–17%
Ceremony and recognition8%3%–16%
Public comment2%0%–6%
Safety and discipline0%0%–15%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 25% 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 18 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 15; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on Nov 17, 2025, heard from 7.

    7 on Nov 17, 20257 speakers4 speakers0.9 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 11 of the 18 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberAug 3Jul 13Jun 15Jun 4May 18May 6Apr 20Apr 8Mar 23Mar 2Feb 16Dec 15Dec 10Nov 17
    Sam SlatonNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Craig HawkesworthNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Leona McDadeNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Matt SlatonNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Rich McDowellNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Josh WestromNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Leigh Ann ArthoNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 4808670 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district