Cabarrus County Schools Board of Education

23 meetings on our record, 3 of them from the past year and 20 with unconfirmed dates · 35,021 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Cabarrus County board approves student fee edits and Concord High School electrical contracts Play 1:15:26
Next · Monday, November 2, 2026: CCS Education Center Board Room · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Pam Escobar, Board member · Melanie Freeman, Board member · Shannon Lancaster, Board member · Greg Mills, Board Vice Chair · Catherine Moore, Board member · Sam Treadaway, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 24 minMonday, September 14, 2026Cabarrus County board approves student fee edits and Concord High School electrical contractsSpeakers: Rob Walter, Sam Treadaway, Greg Mills, Shannon Lancaster and 1 more

Play 1:15:26

Work session · 1 h 29 minMonday, April 6, 2026Speakers: Rob Walter, Melanie Freeman, Sam Treadaway, Greg Mills and 2 more

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Board meeting · 56 minMonday, December 8, 2025Speakers: Rob Walter, Sam Treadaway, Shannon Lancaster, Catherine Moore

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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 meetingRob WalterBoard Chair · shown, not ranked6meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 6 meetings

Members · listed by namePam EscobarBoard member5meetings where we identified their voice2clipsnamed at 5 meetings · 2 clips Melanie FreemanBoard member3meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 3 meetings · 1 clip Shannon LancasterBoard member5meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 5 meetings Greg MillsBoard Vice Chair9meetings where we identified their voice3clipsnamed at 9 meetings · 3 clips Catherine MooreBoard member5meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 5 meetings · 1 clip Sam TreadawayBoard member6meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 6 meetings

Meetings on our record

Next meetingMonday, November 2, 2026CCS Education Center Board RoomCabarrus County Board of Education Work Session - Nov 02 2026The district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 23 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

This was one that bothered me a little bit. You said that we— the state told us that they were going to fund the step increases, and then they didn't fund the step increases.Greg MillsBoard Vice Chair · Cabarrus County Schools Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 58:53

To tell teachers to keep on doing the great work that you're doing, but you will not be compensated. …Pam EscobarBoard member · Cabarrus County Schools Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 1:57:00
I didn't realize how much the interest was. I should have— it should have been obvious to me until I saw the actual bond language. …Greg MillsBoard Vice Chair · Cabarrus County Schools Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 27:47
I get very nervous with the amount of cars driving, and this is just on Cox Mill Road, what I see on a regular basis. It's, it's, it's tricky. …Pam EscobarBoard member · Cabarrus County Schools Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 1:58:39

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition13%6%–21%

Budget and finance12%3%–25%

Public comment8%4%–15%

Safety and discipline2%0%–7%

The two readers didn’t agree on 18% 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 23 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 14; 9 had at least one.

8 speakers4 speakers2.4 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 3700530 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district