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Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 Board of Education

12 meetings on our record, 9 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 37 min · 2,333 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 26, 2026
Board approves 5-year bus lease with Midwest Transit EquipmentPlay 33:06
Newest meeting we have
Oct 26, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Julie Jette, Board President · Dee Darling, Board member · Melinda Hartman, Vice President · Jason Janczak, Board member · Kathryn Potter, Board member · Bridgette Sanlon, Board member · Stacey Sault, Secretary

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 · 41 minMonday, October 26, 2026Board approves 5-year bus lease with Midwest Transit EquipmentSpeakers: Melinda Hartman, Jason Janczak, Kathryn Potter, Bridgette Sanlon and 1 more
Play 33:06
Committee meeting · 50 minMonday, October 19, 2026Cary board committee reviews 2026 tax levy, bus lease and natural gas agreementSpeakers: Jason Janczak, Kathryn Potter
Play 1:34
Board meeting · 32 minMonday, September 28, 2026Board approves snow removal contract
Play 28:57
Committee meeting · 39 minMonday, August 24, 2026Speakers: Jason Janczak
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Jan 26, 2026 – Oct 26, 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
Julie JetteBoard President · 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
Dee DarlingBoard member · runs the meeting, not rankedShare1.1min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Melinda HartmanVice PresidentShare1.5min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Jason JanczakBoard memberShare1.1min, at least7 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Kathryn PotterBoard memberShare1.7min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Bridgette SanlonBoard member · We could name only 24% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Stacey SaultSecretary · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.4min, at least2 of 6meetings 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

Ceremony and recognition5%1%–13%
Budget and finance2%0%–7%
Public comment2%0%–5%
Safety and discipline0%0%–19%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 29% 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; 3 had at least one.

    2 speakers1 speaker0.4 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 9 of the 12 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 26Oct 19Sep 28Aug 24Jul 27May 26Mar 16Feb 23Jan 26
    Kathryn PotterPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot shownNot shownPresentPresent
    Melinda HartmanPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresent
    Jason JanczakPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Julie JetteNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresent
    Stacey SaultNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresent
    Bridgette SanlonPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Dee DarlingPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 1708730 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district