Burke County Schools board

6 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year · 11,690 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Board meeting, 44 min
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Tiana Beachler, Chair · Reid Beck, member · Brad Camp, member · Aaron Johnson, member · Sonya Rockett, member · Leslie Taylor, member · James Wycoff, Vice Chair

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 44 minMonday, September 14, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: James Wycoff, Leslie Taylor

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Work session · 1 h 21 minMonday, August 31, 2026Phones in schoolReading and test scores

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Board meeting · 1 h 52 minMonday, June 22, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsVouchers and school choice

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Board meeting · 56 minMonday, March 2, 2026Speakers: James Wycoff, Brad Camp

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Nov 3, 2025 – Sep 14, 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

Tiana BeachlerChair · runs the meeting, not ranked3.1min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart

Members · listed by seat

Reid Beckmember · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Brad Campmember · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Aaron Johnsonmember · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.4min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Sonya Rockettmember · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked

Leslie Taylormember · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.8min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

James WycoffVice Chair · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.1min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

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 6 meetings on our record

On the map · Phones in school

August 31, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

Watch the film Open the meeting

Federal district ID 3700480 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district