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Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors

6 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · 1,466 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026
Fairfield board approves $983,410.80 special education allowable growth requestPlay 1:10:34
Newest meeting we have
Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Meghan Dowd-Robbins, School Board President · Dave Eastburn, Board member · Cody Freeman, Board member · Christie Kessel, School Board Vice-President · Mark Porter, Board member · Mark Thornton, Board member · Terry Wells, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 23 minMonday, September 21, 2026Fairfield board approves $983,410.80 special education allowable growth requestReading and test scoresSpeakers: Dave Eastburn, Cody Freeman, Mark Porter, Mark Thornton
Play 1:10:34
Board meeting · 51 minMonday, August 17, 2026Fairfield school board approves flexibility fund resolution and board policiesSpeakers: Dave Eastburn, Cody Freeman, Mark Porter, Mark Thornton and 1 more
Play 40:34
Board meeting · 1 h 37 minMonday, June 22, 2026Speakers: Meghan Dowd-Robbins, Christie Kessel, Dave Eastburn, Mark Thornton and 1 more
Watch
Public hearing · 42 minMonday, May 18, 2026Speakers: Meghan Dowd-Robbins, Christie Kessel, Dave Eastburn, Cody Freeman and 1 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Apr 20, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 39% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.
Coverage: about 39% of members’ speaking time named (30%–69%)

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting
Meghan Dowd-RobbinsSchool Board President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare4.4min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart3.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Dave EastburnBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share4.2min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Cody FreemanBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.3min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Christie KesselSchool Board Vice-President · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share3.9min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Mark PorterBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.8min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Mark ThorntonBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share2.6min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Terry WellsBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.0min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record
All 6 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

We met with representatives of Vista Software LLC and reviewed the school business software that they're looking at purchasing or using. Because of the reduction in, the possible reduction when using this in the frontline software applications and any gained efficiency plus the reduced cost, we came up with sort of a back-of-the-envelope payback period of less than 3 years.Dave EastburnBoard member · Fairfield Community School District Board of DirectorsWatch the full meeting from 38:14
Effective professional learning is embedded in everyday life the school. And that includes honest feedback, not just like, you're not doing a good job, but this, this failed. How do we learn from it? And then how do we take that learning and apply it to the future?Dave EastburnBoard member · Fairfield Community School District Board of DirectorsWatch the full meeting from 21:36
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance3%0%–8%
Public comment1%0%–7%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%
Ceremony and recognition0%0%–32%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 16% 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 May 18, 2026, heard from 1.

    1 on May 18, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 5 of the 6 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 21Aug 17Jun 22May 18Apr 20
    Dave EastburnPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Meghan Dowd-RobbinsPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Mark ThorntonPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Cody FreemanPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresent
    Mark PorterPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Christie KesselNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Terry WellsPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 1911340 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district