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Fairfax County Public Schools board

15 meetings on our record, 7 of them from the past year and 8 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 58 min · 180,714 students · 12 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 8, 2026
Fairfax County School Board approves kindergarten device recommendation with Lexia opt-out, 8-4Play 2:21:04
Newest meeting we have
Oct 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Robyn Lady, Chair · Ricardy Anderson, Board member · Sandy Anderson, Board member · Tom Dannan, Board member · Seema Dixit, Board member · Mateo Dunne, Board member · Karl Frisch, Board member · Marcia St. John-Cunning, Board member · Kyle McDaniel, Vice Chair · Ryan McElveen, Board member · Melanie K. Meren, Board member · Ilryong Moon, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 5 h 41 minThursday, October 8, 2026Fairfax County School Board approves kindergarten device recommendation with Lexia opt-out, 8-4EnrollmentReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and police
Play 2:21:04
Work session · 1 h 58 minTuesday, October 6, 2026Board rejects motion directing superintendent to fill vacant instructional positions by October 9thReading and test scores
Play 1:05:52
Committee meeting · 38 minMonday, September 28, 2026Board votes unanimously on student safety and belonging forum topic
Play 1:08
Committee meeting · 1 h 49 minTuesday, September 15, 2026FCPS governance committee discusses reorganizing governance manual
Play 1:38
The board

Who talks on this board

Officials on the board's own roster

Not rankedWe rank a board only once we have measured how much of its members' speech we name. Here we haven't yet, so members are listed, not ranked.
Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet
Runs the meetingRobyn LadyChair · Dranesville District · shown, not rankedWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings
Members · listed by nameRicardy AndersonBoard member · Mason DistrictWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsSandy AndersonBoard member · Springfield DistrictWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsTom DannanBoard member · Braddock DistrictWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsSeema DixitBoard member · Sully DistrictWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsMateo DunneBoard member · Mount Vernon DistrictWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsKarl FrischBoard member · Providence DistrictWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsMarcia St. John-CunningBoard member · Franconia DistrictWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsKyle McDanielVice Chair · At-LargeWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsRyan McElveenBoard member · At-LargeWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsMelanie K. MerenBoard member · Hunter Mill DistrictWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsIlryong MoonBoard member · At-LargeWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings
Meetings on our record
All 15 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance6%0%–15%
Public comment6%3%–9%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–5%
Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

    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 15 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 15; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Oct 8, 2026, heard from 15.

    15 on Oct 8, 202615 speakers8 speakers3.4 a meeting on average

    Federal district ID 5101260 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district