Forney ISD Board of Trustees

9 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 51 min · 17,002 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Forney ISD reports superior A rating in state financial integrity review Play 37:05
Next · Monday, November 2, 2026: 7:00 PM · Board Room · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Greg Pharris, President · Hanna Bateman, Board member · Katrina Burkhalter, Secretary · Kathy Green, Board member · Michael Idemudia, Board member · Chad Johnson, Vice President · Scott Regan, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 52 minMonday, September 14, 2026Forney ISD reports superior A rating in state financial integrity reviewSpeakers: Michael Idemudia, Katrina Burkhalter

Play 37:05

Board meeting · 49 minTuesday, May 26, 2026Forney ISD trustees take up order to refinance up to $89 million in bondsSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Scott Regan, Michael Idemudia, Chad Johnson

Play 28:33

Board meeting · 1 h 54 minMonday, May 4, 2026Forney ISD board takes up seat belt exemption for spare school busesSpeakers: Scott Regan, Katrina Burkhalter

Play 1:44:27

Board meeting · 43 minMonday, February 2, 2026

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 6 board meetings, Nov 10, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.

Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

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

Greg PharrisPresident · Position 2 · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Members · listed by seat

Scott ReganBoard member · Position 1 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Michael IdemudiaBoard member · Position 3 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.9min, at least3 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Hanna BatemanBoard member · Position 4 · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Chad JohnsonVice President · Position 5 · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.8min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Kathy GreenBoard member · Position 6 · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Katrina BurkhalterSecretary · Position 7 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, 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

Next meetingMonday, November 2, 20267:00 PM · Board RoomRegular MeetingThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 9 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition28%10%–45%

Budget and finance7%0%–21%

Safety and discipline4%0%–9%

Public comment2%0%–5%

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 9 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 4 had at least one.

2 speakers1 speaker1 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 4819560 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district