Bedford County School Board

8 meetings on our record, 3 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · 9,059 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 8, 2026: Bedford County School Board approves 2027-28 school calendar after redistricting hearing Play 1:15:33
Newest meeting we have: Oct 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Chris Daniels, Chairman · Jill Dobson, Board member · Steven Hill, Board member · Matthew Holbrook, Board member · Kurt Hubach, Vice-Chairman · Jordan Karnes, Board member · Dora Purvis, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Public hearing · 2 h 57 minThursday, October 8, 2026Bedford County School Board approves 2027-28 school calendar after redistricting hearingSchool closuresBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentReading and test scoresSpeakers: Jordan Karnes, Matthew Holbrook, Kurt Hubach, Chris Daniels

Play 1:15:33

Board meeting · 4 h 21 minThursday, September 10, 2026Bedford County School Board votes to rejoin VSBA as a divisionChronic absenteeismSchool closuresEnrollmentSpeakers: Jordan Karnes, Dora Purvis, Kurt Hubach

Play 3:12:57

Board meeting · 4 h 56 minThursday, March 12, 2026Speakers: Jordan Karnes, Dora Purvis, Kurt Hubach, Chris Daniels

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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 meetingChris DanielsChairman · DISTRICT 7 · shown, not ranked3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings

Members · listed by nameJill DobsonBoard member · DISTRICT 41meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Steven HillBoard member · DISTRICT 34meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Matthew HolbrookBoard member · DISTRICT 23meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Kurt HubachVice-Chairman · DISTRICT 67meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 7 meetings Jordan KarnesBoard member · DISTRICT 16meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 6 meetings Dora PurvisBoard member · DISTRICT 55meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 5 meetings

Meetings on our record

All 8 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment7%2%–14%

Budget and finance5%1%–11%

Safety and discipline0%0%–4%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 15% 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 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on Mar 12, 2026, heard from 18.

18 on Mar 12, 202618 speakers9 speakers6.1 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 8	Sep 10	Mar 12
Jordan Karnes	Present	Present	Present
Matthew Holbrook	Present	Present	Present
Steven Hill	Present	Present	Present
Jill Dobson	Present	Present	Present
Dora Purvis	Not recorded	Present	Present
Kurt Hubach	Present	Present	Present
Chris Daniels	Present	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 5100360 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district