Cook County School District 130 Board of Education

14 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · typical meeting 58 min · 2,945 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 20, 2026: District 130 board hears public comment on school custodial services Play 4:04
Newest meeting we have: Oct 20, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Nicole Martinez, President · John Marek Boehning, Board member · Taylor Burmeister, Secretary · Frank Gassmere, Jr., Board member · Sarah Kaliski-Roll, Board member · Jennifer McGinnis, Vice President · William Werner, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 43 minTuesday, October 20, 2026District 130 board hears public comment on school custodial servicesSpeakers: Nicole Martinez

Play 4:04

Board meeting · 50 minTuesday, September 15, 2026Public comment centers on school cleanliness after custodial staffing changeSpeakers: Nicole Martinez

Play 2:32

Board meeting · 33 minTuesday, August 18, 2026Speakers: Nicole Martinez

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Board meeting · 34 minTuesday, July 21, 2026Speakers: Nicole Martinez

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 11, 2025 – Oct 20, 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

Nicole MartinezPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked3.1min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

John Marek BoehningBoard member · 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

Taylor BurmeisterSecretary · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.5min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Frank Gassmere, Jr.Board member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.8min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Sarah Kaliski-RollBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Jennifer McGinnisVice President · 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

William WernerBoard member · 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

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 14 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment18%9%–29%

Budget and finance6%1%–13%

Ceremony and recognition3%1%–7%

Safety and discipline1%0%–3%

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 14 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 12; 11 had at least one. The busiest, on Sep 15, 2026, heard from 11.

11 on Sep 15, 202611 speakers6 speakers3.2 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 8 of the 14 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 20	Sep 15	Aug 18	Jul 21	Jun 16	May 5	Apr 21	Mar 18	Feb 17	Jan 20	Nov 18	Nov 11
Nicole Martinez	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
Jennifer McGinnis	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
Taylor Burmeister	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not shown	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
John Marek Boehning	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Frank Gassmere, Jr.	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sarah Kaliski-Roll	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
William Werner	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 1706510 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district