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Bristol Board of Education

12 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 2 h 20 min · 814 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 21, 2026
Bristol school board approves employee health insurance changes for 2027Play 2:00:49
Newest meeting we have
Oct 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Tina Elfering, President · Joanne Gray, Treasurer · Victor Nightingale, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer · Nicole Starke, Clerk · Danielle Whitaker, Vice-President

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 · 2 h 21 minWednesday, October 21, 2026Bristol school board approves employee health insurance changes for 2027Speakers: Danielle Whitaker, Victor Nightingale
Play 2:00:49
Board meeting · 1 h 56 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Bristol board approves posting AI summaries of its regular meetingsSpeakers: Danielle Whitaker, Victor Nightingale
Play 1:07:39
Board meeting · 48 minThursday, August 13, 2026
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Board meeting · 2 h 44 minWednesday, July 15, 2026Bristol #1 board approves raises for teachers and hourly support staffSpeakers: Victor Nightingale
Play 1:17:07
The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 19, 2025 – Oct 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
Tina ElferingPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted
Danielle WhitakerVice-President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare1.1min, at least4 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Joanne GrayTreasurer · We could name only 7% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least3 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Victor NightingaleDeputy Clerk/TreasurerShare1.9min, at least9 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Nicole StarkeClerk · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.2min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions 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 12 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance21%13%–30%
Ceremony and recognition1%0%–5%
Safety and discipline0%0%–2%
Public comment0%0%–18%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 20% 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 12 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 12; 1 had at least one. The busiest, on Oct 21, 2026, heard from 1.

    1 on Oct 21, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.1 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 12 of the 12 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 21Sep 16Aug 13Jul 15May 13Apr 15Mar 26Mar 18Feb 18Jan 26Dec 10Nov 19
    Joanne GrayPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Tina ElferingPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Danielle WhitakerPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Nicole StarkePresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Victor NightingalePresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 5501710 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district