Effingham CUSD 40 board

7 meetings on our record, 1 of them from the past year and 6 with unconfirmed dates · 2,281 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Effingham school board takes up FY27 tentative budget showing gains in all funds Play 42:36
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Jill Wendling, President · Andrew Altman, Board member · Erica Boone, Board member · Brandon Duncan, Board member · Chad Thompson, Vice President · Desha Wear, Board member · Jane Willenborg, Secretary

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 49 minMonday, September 14, 2026Effingham school board takes up FY27 tentative budget showing gains in all funds

Play 42:36

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 1 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingJill WendlingPresident · 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 nameAndrew AltmanBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Erica BooneBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Brandon DuncanBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Chad ThompsonVice President1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Desha WearBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Jane WillenborgSecretary—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

All 7 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition8%2%–15%

Budget and finance5%3%–9%

Public comment5%0%–10%

Safety and discipline1%0%–4%

The two readers didn’t agree on 35% 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 7 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 3 had at least one.

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 7 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 14
Jill Wendling	Present
Chad Thompson	Present
Jane Willenborg	Present
Andrew Altman	Present
Erica Boone	Present
Brandon Duncan	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 1713560 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district