Edwardsville CUSD 7 Board of Education

6 meetings on our record, 2 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · 7,211 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 24, 2026: Board meeting, 1 h 36 min
Newest meeting we have: Aug 24, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Scott Ahart, Board member · Sara Bauer, Board member · Jill Bertels, Board member · Matt Breihan, Secretary · Alma Carver, Vice-President · Lynne Sanderson, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 36 minMonday, August 24, 2026Speakers: Alma Carver, Matt Breihan, Lynne Sanderson

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Board meeting · 1 h 45 minMonday, August 10, 2026Speakers: Matt Breihan, Jill Bertels

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The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 2 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingBob PatyPresident · shown, not ranked—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Members · listed by nameScott AhartBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Sara BauerBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Jill BertelsBoard member2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Matt BreihanSecretary3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Alma CarverVice-President3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Lynne SandersonBoard member1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting

Meetings on our record

All 6 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance17%7%–29%

Public comment4%0%–11%

Ceremony and recognition3%0%–8%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

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 6 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 10, 2026, heard from 7.

Attendance

The roll call at 2 of the 6 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Aug 24	Aug 10
Bob Paty	Present	Present
Alma Carver	Present	Present
Matt Breihan	Present	Present
Scott Ahart	Present	Not recorded
Sara Bauer	Present	Present
Jill Bertels	Present	Present
Lynne Sanderson	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 1713530 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district