Edina Public School District School Board

15 meetings on our record, 11 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 21 min · 8,609 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 22, 2026: Work session, 10 min
Newest meeting we have: Sep 22, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Jennifer Huwe, Treasurer

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Work session · 10 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Speakers: Karen Gabler

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Board meeting · 1 h 40 minMonday, September 14, 2026Edina board approves 2026-2028 agreement with Minnesota School Employees AssociationSpeakers: Cheryl Barry, Jennifer Huwe, Elliot Mann, Erica Allenburg and 1 more

Play 1:10:23

Board meeting · 57 minMonday, July 13, 2026Edina school board approves student handbooks and facilities maintenance planChronic absenteeismSpeakers: Karen Gabler, Erica Allenburg

Play 36:53

Board meeting · 1 h 13 minMonday, June 8, 2026Speakers: Cheryl Barry, Erica Allenburg, Michael Birdman

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 11 board meetings, Nov 10, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat2 members can be compared fairly; we rank at 4.

Coverage: about 61% of members’ speaking time named (41%–85%)

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 GablerChair · at-large · runs the meeting, not ranked8.9min, at least9 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart3.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Erica AllenburgClerk · at-large4.4min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Dan AromAssistant Clerk · at-large · We could name only 4% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least4 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Cheryl BarryVice Chair · at-large · We could name only 23% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%1.3min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Michael BirdmanAssistant Clerk · at-large2.2min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Jennifer HuweTreasurer · at-large · We could name only 5% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.3min, at least3 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Elliot MannAssistant Treasurer · at-large · We could name only 6% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.3min, at least4 of 11meetings 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

All 15 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance6%3%–10%

Ceremony and recognition5%2%–10%

Public comment1%0%–3%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 18% 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 15 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 13, 2026, heard from 2.

2 on Apr 13, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.4 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 15 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 22	Sep 14	Jul 13	Jun 8	May 11	Apr 13	Mar 9	Feb 9	Jan 12	Jan 5	Nov 10
Erica Allenburg	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2711250 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district