{"kind":"school-boards","id":"lea:1712000","slug":"dekalb-cusd-428-il","lea_id":"1712000","name":"DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education","district":"DeKalb CUSD 428","state":"IL","state_name":"Illinois","art":null,"built_at":"2026-11-02T05:29:09+00:00","depth":"2-5","roster_seats":{"seats":7,"listed":7,"source_url":"https://www.dist428.org/school_board/board_members"},"window":{"start":"2025-11-02","end":"2026-11-02"},"source":"video","enrollment":{"v":{"n":6719,"band":"2500_9999","year":"2023-24"},"src":{"kind":"doc","url":"https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/data/zip/ccd_lea_052_2324_l_1a_073124.zip","label":"NCES Common Core of Data 2023-24"},"held_reason":null},"totals":{"meetings":{"v":6,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#meetings","n":6,"note":"board-days on our record"},"held_reason":null},"meetings_12":{"v":4,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#meetings","n":4,"note":"board-days in the last 12 months"},"held_reason":null},"hours":{"v":4,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#length","n":5,"note":"hours of video"},"held_reason":null},"newest":{"v":"2026-10-06","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-LXRXR8HdY&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"d-LXRXR8HdY","t":0},"held_reason":null},"first":{"v":"2026-06-02","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqtt5hK2t8&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"ddqtt5hK2t8","t":0},"held_reason":null},"members_named":{"v":7,"src":{"kind":"doc","url":"https://www.dist428.org/school_board/board_members","label":"the board's own roster"},"held_reason":null},"typical_length":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"too_few_meetings","text":"Shown at 6 meetings with a measured length"}}},"naming":{"coverage":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_measured","text":"Named share of speech not measured here"}},"check":{"right":782,"n":785,"lb":0.979},"method":"sbv","range":null},"members":{"data":[{"who":{"id":"79676","slug":"79676-christopher-boyes","name":"Christopher Boyes","role":"School Board President","seat":null,"presides":true,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79676-christopher-boyes"},"group":"presides","voice_meetings":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"Speaker naming for this board is being checked"}},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"79677","slug":"79677-nicholas-atwood","name":"Nicholas Atwood","role":"School Board Vice President","seat":null,"presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79677-nicholas-atwood"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":2,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":2,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":{"total":1,"meetings":2,"per_meeting":0.5,"check":{"right":148,"n":150,"lb":0.961}}},{"who":{"id":"79681","slug":"79681-kristin-bailey-ph-d","name":"Kristin Bailey","role":"School Board Member","seat":null,"presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79681-kristin-bailey-ph-d"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":1,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":1,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"79679","slug":"79679-steve-byers","name":"Steve Byers","role":"School Board Secretary","seat":null,"presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79679-steve-byers"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"Speaker naming for this board is being checked"}},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"79678","slug":"79678-vanta-bynum","name":"Vanta Bynum","role":"School Board Member","seat":null,"presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79678-vanta-bynum"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"Speaker naming for this board is being checked"}},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":null},{"who":{"id":"79680","slug":"79680-mark-charvat","name":"Mark Charvat","role":"School Board Member","seat":null,"presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79680-mark-charvat"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":3,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":3,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":{"total":10,"meetings":3,"per_meeting":3.3,"check":{"right":148,"n":150,"lb":0.961}}},{"who":{"id":"79682","slug":"79682-jose-jaques","name":"Jose Jaques","role":"School Board Member","seat":null,"presides":false,"photo":null,"href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79682-jose-jaques"},"group":"members","voice_meetings":{"v":1,"src":{"kind":"method","href":"/school-boards/how#voices","n":1,"note":"meetings where we identified their voice"},"held_reason":null},"moments":0,"minutes_per_meeting":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"rank":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"in_people_layer","text":"Talk time shows only where we can tell enough of the voices apart"}},"asked":{"total":10,"meetings":1,"per_meeting":10.0,"check":{"right":148,"n":150,"lb":0.961}}}],"held_reason":null},"wall":{"data":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"No moments have passed every check yet. Every meeting below still plays at the second.","hide":false}},"topics":{"data":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_measured","text":"Time by topic not measured for this board","hide":true}},"long_meetings":{"data":[{"id":"2026-07-21","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/2026-07-21","date":"2026-07-21","title":"Board meeting","length_s":3568,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWA-xPxvaQA&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"OWA-xPxvaQA","t":0}},{"id":"2026-06-16","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/2026-06-16","date":"2026-06-16","title":"Board meeting","length_s":2130,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZSK7kKtZhg&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"rZSK7kKtZhg","t":0}},{"id":"2026-06-02","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/2026-06-02","date":"2026-06-02","title":"Board meeting","length_s":1033,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqtt5hK2t8&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"ddqtt5hK2t8","t":0}}],"held_reason":null},"years":{"data":[{"year":2026,"meetings":4}],"held_reason":null},"tone":{"data":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_measured","text":"Tone is read only at boards with 6+ meetings and 100+ named member remarks","hide":true}},"public_comments":{"data":{"meetings":[{"id":"m-5a551280","date":null,"n":0},{"id":"2026-10-06","date":"2026-10-06","n":0},{"id":"m-796cc4fc","date":null,"n":0},{"id":"2026-07-21","date":"2026-07-21","n":0},{"id":"2026-06-16","date":"2026-06-16","n":0},{"id":"2026-06-02","date":"2026-06-02","n":0}],"measured":6,"with_any":0,"median_any":null,"mean":0.0,"lo":0.0,"hi":0.0,"ranked":true,"busiest":null,"check":{"right":70,"n":70,"lb":0.963}},"held_reason":null},"attendance":{"data":{"members":[{"id":"79682","name":"Jose Jaques","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79682-jose-jaques"},{"id":"79676","name":"Christopher Boyes","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79676-christopher-boyes"},{"id":"79677","name":"Nicholas Atwood","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79677-nicholas-atwood"},{"id":"79678","name":"Vanta Bynum","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79678-vanta-bynum"},{"id":"79679","name":"Steve Byers","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79679-steve-byers"},{"id":"79680","name":"Mark Charvat","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79680-mark-charvat"},{"id":"79681","name":"Kristin Bailey","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/79681-kristin-bailey-ph-d"}],"meetings":[{"id":"2026-10-06","date":"2026-10-06","recorded":true},{"id":"2026-07-21","date":"2026-07-21","recorded":true},{"id":"2026-06-16","date":"2026-06-16","recorded":true},{"id":"2026-06-02","date":"2026-06-02","recorded":true}],"cells":{"79682":["present","present","not recorded","not recorded"],"79676":["present","present","present","present"],"79677":["present","present","not recorded","not recorded"],"79678":["not recorded","present","not recorded","not recorded"],"79679":["present","present","present","not recorded"],"79680":["present","present","present","present"],"79681":["not shown","not recorded","not recorded","not recorded"]},"recorded":4,"check":{"right":78,"n":80,"lb":0.927},"absent_check":{"right":58,"n":60,"lb":0.904}},"held_reason":null},"next":{"data":null,"held_reason":{"code":"not_checked","text":"No checked next meeting","hide":true}},"meetings":[{"id":"m-5a551280","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/m-5a551280","date":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"Date being checked"}},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"DeKalb CUSD 428 Board Meeting 10/20/2026","length_s":{"v":4841,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b8xEfk11no&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"7b8xEfk11no","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":["Nicholas Atwood","Kristin Bailey"],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":false,"year":2026,"headline":"DeKalb school board hears tax levy presentation, with levy adoption set for December"},{"id":"2026-10-06","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/2026-10-06","date":{"v":"2026-10-06","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-LXRXR8HdY&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"d-LXRXR8HdY","t":0},"held_reason":null},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"DeKalb CUSD 428 Board Meeting 10/6/2026","length_s":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"failed_check","text":"Video length outside 10 min to 12 h; held as a likely error"}},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":[],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":true,"year":2026,"headline":null},{"id":"m-796cc4fc","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/m-796cc4fc","date":{"v":null,"src":null,"held_reason":{"code":"being_checked","text":"Date being checked"}},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"DeKalb CUSD 428 Board Meeting 9/1/2026","length_s":{"v":1288,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJxql2wryaU&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"SJxql2wryaU","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":["Nicholas Atwood","Mark Charvat"],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":false,"year":2026,"headline":"DeKalb school board holds roll call votes on benefit rates, trips and agreements"},{"id":"2026-07-21","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/2026-07-21","date":{"v":"2026-07-21","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWA-xPxvaQA&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"OWA-xPxvaQA","t":0},"held_reason":null},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"DeKalb CUSD 428 Board Meeting 7/21/2026","length_s":{"v":3568,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWA-xPxvaQA&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"OWA-xPxvaQA","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":["Mark Charvat","Jose Jaques"],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":true,"year":2026,"headline":"DeKalb school board motion on unaffiliated staff salary increases fails on split vote"},{"id":"2026-06-16","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/2026-06-16","date":{"v":"2026-06-16","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZSK7kKtZhg&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"rZSK7kKtZhg","t":0},"held_reason":null},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"DeKalb CUSD 428 Board Meeting 6/16/2026","length_s":{"v":2130,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZSK7kKtZhg&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"rZSK7kKtZhg","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":[],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":true,"year":2026,"headline":null},{"id":"2026-06-02","href":"/school-boards/dekalb-cusd-428-il/meetings/2026-06-02","date":{"v":"2026-06-02","src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqtt5hK2t8&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"ddqtt5hK2t8","t":0},"held_reason":null},"title":"Board meeting","source_title":"DeKalb CUSD 428 Board Meeting 6/2/2026","length_s":{"v":1033,"src":{"kind":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqtt5hK2t8&t=0s","player":"youtube","video_id":"ddqtt5hK2t8","t":0},"held_reason":null},"parts":1,"moments":0,"officials":["Mark Charvat"],"agenda_items":0,"issues":[],"in_window":true,"year":2026,"headline":null}]}