Catawba County Schools Board of Education

13 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year · typical meeting 1 h 08 min · 15,880 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 26, 2026: Catawba County school board adopts flag display and clear bag policies Play 54:32
Newest meeting we have: Oct 26, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Tim Settlemyre, Chair · David Goforth, Member · Clayton Mullis, Member · Don Sigmon, Member · Michelle Teague, Member · April Underwood, Vice Chair · Greg Whitener, Member

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 · 1 h 03 minMonday, October 26, 2026Catawba County school board adopts flag display and clear bag policiesSpeakers: Tim Settlemyre, April Underwood, Clayton Mullis

Play 54:32

Board meeting · 1 h 07 minMonday, September 28, 2026Catawba County board approves Early Head Start continuation grantSpeakers: Tim Settlemyre, April Underwood, David Goforth

Play 41:54

Board meeting · 1 h 21 minMonday, August 17, 2026Catawba County school board adopts student privacy and classroom recording policiesSpeakers: Tim Settlemyre, April Underwood, Greg Whitener

Play 1:16:45

Board meeting · 1 h 12 minMonday, July 27, 2026Speakers: Tim Settlemyre, April Underwood

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 24, 2025 – Oct 26, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat2 members were seated for fewer than 8 board meetings on our record, leaving 0 to compare; we rank at 4.

Coverage: about 91% of members’ speaking time named (55%–92%)

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

Tim SettlemyreChair · runs the meeting, not ranked10.3min, at least12 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

David GoforthMember · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Clayton MullisMember · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.4min, at least3 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Don SigmonMember · 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—no question counted

Michelle TeagueMember · 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—no question counted

April UnderwoodVice Chair · We could name only 23% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.9min, at least10 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Greg WhitenerMember · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 5meetings 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 13 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment10%6%–16%

Ceremony and recognition6%2%–10%

Budget and finance2%1%–5%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 24% 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 13 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 12; 11 had at least one. The busiest, on Feb 23, 2026, heard from 8.

8 on Feb 23, 20268 speakers4 speakers2.8 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 3700690 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district