Elyria City Schools Board of Education

6 meetings on our record, 4 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · 5,733 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 7, 2026: Elyria school board hears outline of possible cuts of $8 million over 2 years Play 21:39
Newest meeting we have: Oct 7, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Annie Carstarphen, Board member · Michael Gebhardt, Vice President · Len Howser, Board member · Brent Parker, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 44 minWednesday, October 7, 2026Elyria school board hears outline of possible cuts of $8 million over 2 yearsBudget cuts and layoffs

Board meeting · 20 minWednesday, September 2, 2026Elyria school board approves superintendent and personnel action items

Board meeting · 21 minWednesday, August 19, 2026Budget cuts and layoffs

Board meeting · 17 minWednesday, July 15, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Len Howser

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 4 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingElaine SeguinPresident · 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 nameAnnie CarstarphenBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Michael GebhardtVice President1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Len HowserBoard member1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Brent ParkerBoard member—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 6 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance26%7%–45%

Public comment7%0%–15%

Ceremony and recognition2%0%–7%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 38% 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; 2 had at least one. The busiest, on Oct 7, 2026, heard from 2.

2 on Oct 7, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.7 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 6 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 7	Sep 2	Aug 19	Jul 15
Elaine Seguin	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present
Michael Gebhardt	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present
Annie Carstarphen	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present
Len Howser	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present
Brent Parker	Not recorded	Not shown	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3904394 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district