Cleveland County Board of Education

10 meetings on our record, 7 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 53 min · 14,458 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Cleveland County Board of Education approves personnel report 9-0, remaining minutes Play 9:56
Next · Monday, November 9, 2026: 6:00 PM · Central Services 400 West Marion Street Shelby, NC 28150 · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Joel Shores, Chairman · Danny Blanton, Board member · Aaron Bridges, Vice Chairman · David Fisher, Board member · Ronnie Grigg, Board member · Ron Humphries, Board member · Kenneth Ledford, Board member · Gloria Sherman, Board member · Walter S. Spurling, Board 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 · 45 minMonday, September 14, 2026Cleveland County Board of Education approves personnel report 9-0, remaining minutesBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Aaron Bridges, Danny Blanton, Gloria Sherman, Ron Humphries and 2 more

Play 9:56

Board meeting · 53 minMonday, August 10, 2026Cleveland County school board approves suspension policy after discussion of county fundingBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Aaron Bridges, Danny Blanton, Gloria Sherman, Ron Humphries and 2 more

Play 5:05

Board meeting · 38 minMonday, July 20, 2026Speakers: Joel Shores, Aaron Bridges, Gloria Sherman, Ron Humphries and 1 more

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Board meetingTuesday, July 7, 2026Speakers: Danny Blanton

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 7 board meetings, Apr 13, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat7 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 68% of members’ speaking time named (48%–81%)

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

Joel ShoresChairman · runs the meeting, not ranked4.1min, at least3 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Danny BlantonBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 85.0min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Aaron BridgesVice Chairman · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.2min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

David FisherBoard member · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.8min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Ronnie GriggBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.3min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Ron HumphriesBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.9min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Kenneth LedfordBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.1min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Gloria ShermanBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 84.4min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Walter S. SpurlingBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.4min, at least4 of 7meetings 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

Next meetingMonday, November 9, 20266:00 PM · Central Services 400 West Marion Street Shelby, NC 28150Board of Education - Nov 09 2026The district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 10 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition19%7%–30%

Budget and finance15%5%–27%

Public comment3%1%–7%

Safety and discipline0%0%–23%

The two readers didn’t agree on 30% 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 10 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Sep 14, 2026, heard from 2.

2 on Sep 14, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.7 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 10 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 14	Aug 10	Jul 20	Jul 7	Jun 8	May 11	Apr 13

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3700900 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district