FairbanksNorthStarBoroughSchoolDistrict

01 — The big decision · Oct 6, 2026

Fairbanks school board adopts personnel policy, hears tentative union agreements

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 · Mar 2026 to Oct 2026

9 meetings

The board met 9 times on our record, for 28 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 5, 2026

19

19 members of the public spoke on May 5, 2026, the busiest night 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. 5 of the 10 meetings we counted here had a public speaker.

04 — Where the time went

at least 2%

Public comment took at least 2% of the board's meeting time (our count, 6%). At the typical board we timed, 2%.

• Public comment≥ 2%typical board ≥ 2%
• Ceremony and recognition≥ 1%typical board ≥ 4%
• Safety and discipline≥ 0%typical board ≥ 0%

Read from the transcripts of 10 board meetings, Mar 30, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026. Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.