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Dysart Unified District Board

6 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · 23,118 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Jun 22, 2026
Dysart board approves proposed 2026-2027 budget and curriculum revisionsPlay 1:31:08
Next · Monday, November 16, 2026
6:00 PM · Dysart Unified School District 15802 N. Parkview Pl Surprise, AZ 85374 · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have
Jun 22, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Stephen Skvara, President · Dawn Densmore, Member · Denise Destiche, Member · Jennifer Drake, Member · Mary Jane Ziola, Clerk

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 57 minMonday, June 22, 2026Dysart board approves proposed 2026-2027 budget and curriculum revisionsSpeakers: Denise Destiche
Play 1:31:08
Board meeting · 1 h 19 minMonday, May 11, 2026Dysart board approves revised 2025-2026 expenditure budgetSpeakers: Mary Jane Ziola, Jennifer Drake
Play 52:17
Board meeting · 1 h 21 minMonday, April 27, 2026Speakers: Denise Destiche
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Board meeting · 31 minMonday, April 13, 2026Speakers: Denise Destiche
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Mar 30, 2026 – Jun 22, 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
Stephen SkvaraPresident · at-large · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted
Members · listed by seat
Dawn DensmoreMember · at-large · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Denise DesticheMember · at-large · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share3.2min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Jennifer DrakeMember · at-large · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.5min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Mary Jane ZiolaClerk · at-large · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.1min, at least1 of 4meetings 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 16, 20266:00 PM · Dysart Unified School District 15802 N. Parkview Pl Surprise, AZ 85374DYSART GOVERNING BOARD REGULAR BOARD MEETING - Nov 16 2026The district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29
All 6 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment10%8%–15%
Budget and finance7%2%–13%
Ceremony and recognition0%0%–2%
Safety and discipline0%0%–32%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 15% 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 6 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 6 had at least one. The busiest, on May 11, 2026, heard from 4.

    4 on May 11, 20264 speakers2 speakers2.7 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 5 of the 6 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberJun 22May 11Apr 27Apr 13Mar 30
    Denise DestichePresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Stephen SkvaraPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Mary Jane ZiolaPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Dawn DensmorePresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jennifer DrakePresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 0402690 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district