DeSoto Independent School District board

21 meetings on our record, all with unconfirmed dates. Past year: — · 5,995 students · 6 members on our roster

Newest meeting we have: none with a confirmed date yet · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Karen Lacy, President · James (JD) Durham, Board member · DeAndrea Fleming, Vice President · Traci McNairy, Board member · Eboni Mitchell, Board member · Cynthia Watson-Banks, Secretary

Recent meetings

Meetings whose dates aren't confirmed yet

Date not confirmed yet · 3 h 04 minBoard meetingDeSoto ISD board approves public application process to fill trustee Place 2 vacancySpeakers: Karen Lacy, James (JD) Durham, DeAndrea Fleming, Eboni Mitchell and 1 more

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Date not confirmed yet · 1 h 56 minBoard meetingDeSoto ISD board hears progress report on college, career and military readiness goalSpeakers: Cynthia Watson-Banks, Karen Lacy, James (JD) Durham, DeAndrea Fleming and 1 more

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Date not confirmed yet · 2 h 06 minBoard meetingDeSoto ISD board ends interim superintendent contract, selects acting superintendentSpeakers: Cynthia Watson-Banks, Karen Lacy, James (JD) Durham, DeAndrea Fleming and 2 more

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Date not confirmed yet · 3 h 05 minBoard meetingSpeakers: Karen Lacy, James (JD) Durham, DeAndrea Fleming, Eboni Mitchell and 1 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 0 board meetings, last 12 months · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat0 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 89% of members’ speaking time named (65%–90%)

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

Karen LacyPresident · Place 3 · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart4.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Cynthia Watson-BanksSecretary · Place 1 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.7questions asked per meeting, at least

James (JD) DurhamBoard member · Place 4 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.3questions asked per meeting, at least

DeAndrea FlemingVice President · Place 5 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked8.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Eboni MitchellBoard member · Place 6 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked8.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Traci McNairyBoard member · Place 7 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.6questions 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 21 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance15%7%–25%

Public comment8%5%–13%

Ceremony and recognition4%2%–8%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 20% 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 21 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 21; 12 had at least one.

Federal district ID 4816860 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district