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Augusta Board of Education

3 meetings on our record, all from the past year · 2,176 students · 10 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 9, 2026
Board meeting, 2 h 06 min
Newest meeting we have
Sep 9, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Samuel Baker, Board member · Bobby Jo Bechard, Board member · Aahana Bhatt, Board member · Charles Hicks, Board member · James Orr, Board member · Rita Pello, Board member · Gabrielle Bérubé Pierce, Board member · Jonathan Reynolds, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 2 h 06 minWednesday, September 9, 2026Chronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Martha Witham, Samuel Baker, Susan Parks, Jonathan Reynolds and 1 more
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Board meeting · 1 h 19 minWednesday, August 12, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsPhones in schoolReading and test scoresSpeakers: Martha Witham, Susan Parks, James Orr, Jonathan Reynolds and 2 more
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Special meeting · 47 minWednesday, July 22, 2026Speakers: Martha Witham, Susan Parks
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The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 3 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingMartha WithamChair · shown, not ranked3meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 3 meetings
Members · listed by nameSamuel BakerBoard member · Ward 11meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meetingBobby Jo BechardBoard member · Ward 4—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsAahana BhattBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsCharles HicksBoard member · At Large1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meetingJames OrrBoard member · Ward 31meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meetingSusan ParksBoard member · Ward 23meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 3 meetings · 1 clipRita PelloBoard member · At Large1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meetingGabrielle Bérubé PierceBoard member · At Large2meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 2 meetingsJonathan ReynoldsBoard member · At Large2meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 2 meetings
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What Susan Parks said on Aug 12, 2026

I just wanna say that we're really committed to having parental participation and parental engagement in everything single one of our schools. It makes a difference for what we do, it makes a difference for what the students do, and it makes a difference in the community.Susan ParksBoard member · Augusta Board of Education · Aug 12, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:07:14
On the map · Phones in school

August 12, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read. A faint dot on the map: we had read too few of its earlier meetings to call it new.

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Federal district ID 2302640 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district