Gatesville ISD board

15 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 10 with unconfirmed dates · 2,695 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026: Gatesville ISD board discusses Senate Bill 12 compliance certification Play 31:33
Newest meeting we have: Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Charles Ament, President · Charles Alderson, Vice President · Calvin Ford, Board Member · Loyd Hopson, Board Member · Cheyenne Kizer, Secretary · Linda Maxwell, Board Member · Emily Wuenschel, Board Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 50 minMonday, September 21, 2026Gatesville ISD board discusses Senate Bill 12 compliance certificationReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Calvin Ford

Play 31:33

Board meeting · 1 h 07 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Gatesville ISD board takes up 2026-27 budget and tax ratesReading and test scores

Play 47:22

Board meeting · 55 minMonday, August 17, 2026Speakers: Calvin Ford

Watch

Board meeting · 46 minMonday, July 20, 2026Speakers: Calvin Ford, Loyd Hopson, Emily Wuenschel

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Feb 12, 2026 – Sep 21, 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

Charles AmentPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked0.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart5.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Charles AldersonVice President · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Calvin FordBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.5min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Loyd HopsonBoard Member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Cheyenne KizerSecretary · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked—no question counted

Linda MaxwellBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked—no question counted

Emily WuenschelBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions 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 15 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition11%7%–17%

Budget and finance10%2%–19%

Safety and discipline0%0%–3%

Public comment0%0%–18%

The two readers didn’t agree on 21% 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 12; 0 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 4820500 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district