EastHelenaK-12SchoolDistrict

01 — The big decision · Aug 18, 2026

East Helena trustees approve fiscal year 2027 budget

Our pick of the year's biggest decision from the board's checked meeting summaries. Two AI readers each confirmed the motion and the outcome in the meeting's own transcript, and a third agreed.

02 — On our record · Nov 2025 to Sep 2026

13 meetings

The board met 13 times on our record, for 23 hours of meetings.

Hours are the meeting videos' own lengths. Meetings the district didn't post on video aren't here.

03 — The busiest night at the mic · May 27, 2026

7

7 members of the public spoke on May 27, 2026, one of the busiest nights we counted at this board.

Counted from the meeting video, never named or shown. Our count was within one person at 70 of 70 meetings we checked by a full read. 8 of the 14 meetings we counted here had a public speaker.

04 — Where the time went

at least 6%

Budget and finance took at least 6% of the board's meeting time (our count, 12%). At the typical board we timed, 10%.

• Budget and finance≥ 6%typical board ≥ 10%
• Safety and discipline≥ 1%typical board ≥ 0%
• Public comment≥ 0%typical board ≥ 2%

Read from the transcripts of 14 board meetings, Nov 10, 2025 to Oct 12, 2026. Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.