Gaston County Schools Board of Education

11 meetings on our record, 3 of them from the past year and 8 with unconfirmed dates · 30,253 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026: Gaston County school board approves '26-'27 budget resolution, hears state test results Play 41:32
Next · Monday, November 16, 2026: 5:30 PM · Gaston County Schools Central Office, located at 943 Osceola Street in Gastonia · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 21, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Lee Dedmon, Board member · A.M. Stephens, III, Board member · Tod Kinlaw, Board member · Robbie Lovelace, Board member · Brent Moore, Board member · Jeff K. Ramsey, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 07 minMonday, September 21, 2026Gaston County school board approves '26-'27 budget resolution, hears state test resultsReading and test scoresVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Josh Crisp, Dot Cherry, Tod Kinlaw, Robbie Lovelace and 1 more

Play 41:32

Board meeting · 2 h 08 minMonday, August 17, 2026Gaston County school board approves consent agenda, hears update on state pay raisesBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Josh Crisp, Dot Cherry, Tod Kinlaw, Jeff K. Ramsey and 1 more

Play 58:23

Board meeting · 1 h 59 minMonday, June 15, 2026School closuresBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Josh Crisp, Dot Cherry, Tod Kinlaw, Robbie Lovelace and 2 more

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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 3 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingJosh CrispChairman · Dallas Township · shown, not ranked3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings

Members · listed by nameDot CherryVice Chairman · At-Large Member3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Lee DedmonBoard member · Gastonia Township—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings A.M. Stephens, IIIBoard member · Riverbend Township2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Tod KinlawBoard member · South Point Township3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Robbie LovelaceBoard member · Cherryville Township2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Brent MooreBoard member · Crowders Mountain Township—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Jeff K. RamseyBoard member · At-Large Member2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Janna SmithBoard member · Gastonia Township2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings

Meetings on our record

Next meetingMonday, November 16, 20265:30 PM · Gaston County Schools Central Office, located at 943 Osceola Street in GastoniaNovember 16, 2026 regular meetingThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 11 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition24%18%–30%

Public comment14%10%–18%

Budget and finance12%7%–17%

Safety and discipline0%0%–29%

The two readers didn’t agree on 23% 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 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 6 had at least one.

5 speakers3 speakers5.6 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 11 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 21	Aug 17	Jun 15
Josh Crisp	Present	Present	Present
Janna Smith	Present	Not shown	Present
A.M. Stephens, III	Present	Present	Present
Dot Cherry	Present	Present	Present
Lee Dedmon	Present	Present	Present
Tod Kinlaw	Present	Present	Present
Robbie Lovelace	Present	Present	Present
Brent Moore	Not shown	Present	Present
Jeff K. Ramsey	Present	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3701620 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district